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Paulette Hamilton vs Mark Garnier

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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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Mark Garnier voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 702 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 682 different votes 702 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
4 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 6 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 82 No
Migration 4% aligned 101 shared votes
78 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 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
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,974
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.7 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,012
51.3 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
23
1.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
248
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 171 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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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