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Paulette Hamilton vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Esther McVey voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 461 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 446 different votes 461 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
30 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 67 No
Migration 4% aligned 84 shared votes
64 Aye 20 No
45 Aye 24 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
23 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,334
2,057 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
608
45.6 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
726
54.4 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Appearances
77
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 648
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
Contributions
109
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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