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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
vs
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 458 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 448 different votes 458 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 46 No
Migration 3% aligned 59 shared votes
44 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 2% aligned 87 shared votes
32 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
68.2 %
5 % below average
Rank 473 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,576
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
731
46.4 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
845
53.6 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Appearances
95
+34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 648
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
Contributions
266
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
202 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Trade
69 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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