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Paulette Hamilton vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
vs
Photograph of Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 517 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 214 different votes 517 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
17 Aye 59 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
17 Aye 59 No
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Education 8% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
63 Aye 26 No
Tax 27% aligned 89 shared votes
44 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 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
67.8 %
5 % below average
Rank 481 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,567
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
896
57.2 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
671
42.8 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

37
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 648
Appearances
58
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 648
57
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 648
Contributions
88
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
191 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 10 Sep 2025
Transport
No
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