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Paulette Hamilton vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 87 different votes 385 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
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 42% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 45% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 8 No
Energy 60% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Defence 69% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
200 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API