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Paulette Hamilton vs Priti Patel

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

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Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington
vs
Photograph of Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Priti Patel voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 472 different votes 484 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
7 Aye 57 No
Migration 6% aligned 64 shared votes
53 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
62 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 97 shared votes
34 Aye 63 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 562 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,458
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
45.5 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
795
54.5 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0 % 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
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 321 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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