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Paulette Hamilton vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 751 shared comparable votes.

750 same votes 1 different votes 751 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
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
18 Aye 89 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
18 Aye 89 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
1,697 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
692
52.2 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
634
47.8 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
7 years, 4 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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