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Paulette Hamilton vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 713 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 691 different votes 713 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
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
32 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 2% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 81 No
Migration 0% aligned 100 shared votes
81 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
57 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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