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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 714 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 694 different votes 714 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
1 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 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
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

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£1,908,598
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
62 of 67 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
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
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