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Paulette Hamilton vs Mr Mark Francois

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
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Photograph of Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 468 different votes 478 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
13 Aye 47 No
Migration 3% aligned 60 shared votes
45 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 2% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
202 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee of the whole House: Amendment 21 19 Apr 2023
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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