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Paulette Hamilton vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Helen Whately voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 706 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 678 different votes 706 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
4 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 86 No
Migration 4% aligned 106 shared votes
82 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 12 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
66
-79.7 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 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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