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Paulette Hamilton vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 719 shared comparable votes.

718 same votes 1 different votes 719 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
76 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
76 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
16 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
36 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
76 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 62 No
Migration 100% aligned 78 shared votes
16 Aye 62 No
40 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
36 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 318 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,012
57.3 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
755
42.7 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % 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
91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
119
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API