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Paulette Hamilton vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sarah Olney voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 597 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 252 different votes 597 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
5 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 81 No
Migration 96% aligned 92 shared votes
11 Aye 81 No
10 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 12% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 12 No
Transport 20% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
59 Aye 33 No
Tax 28% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 30% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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 Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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