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Paulette Hamilton vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 695 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 667 different votes 695 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 8 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 87 No
Migration 4% aligned 104 shared votes
83 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 75 shared votes
36 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
883
1,170 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
435
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
448
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
7
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 63 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
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