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Paulette Hamilton vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Ian Lavery voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 768 shared comparable votes.

756 same votes 12 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
79 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
79 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 79% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
34 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 98% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 88 No
Migration 99% aligned 109 shared votes
20 Aye 89 No
79 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 120 shared votes
79 Aye 41 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
2% above average
Rank 333 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 274 of 650
895
1,211 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,417 eligible divisions
444
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
55.4% of votes cast
451
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
825
44.6% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2% of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
Contributions
123
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Education
55 of 61 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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