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Paulette Hamilton vs Douglas McAllister

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
vs
Photograph of Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

411 same votes 0 different votes 411 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 306 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 44 of 647
844
1,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
537 eligible divisions
419
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
50.9 % of votes cast
425
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
234
49.1 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 647
Appearances
99
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 647
65
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 647
Contributions
117
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API