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Paulette Hamilton vs James Cartlidge

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

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Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
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Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and James Cartlidge voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 709 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 690 different votes 709 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
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 85 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
82 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 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
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 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
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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