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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 78% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 82 different votes 371 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 19 No
Tax 43% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 45% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 6 No
Energy 67% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Defence 67% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Education 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
57
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 648

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
0
0 registered categories
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
55 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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