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Paulette Hamilton vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 768 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 744 different votes 768 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
18 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
74 Aye 44 No
Tax 3% aligned 118 shared votes
41 Aye 77 No
41 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 84 shared votes
41 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 89 No
Migration 1% aligned 109 shared votes
88 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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