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Paulette Hamilton vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 708 shared comparable votes.

708 same votes 0 different votes 708 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
72 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
22 Aye 79 No
46 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
46 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
22 Aye 79 No
46 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 86 shared votes
46 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
751
42.7 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
Contributions
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
77 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API