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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 458 different votes 469 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
21 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 58 No
Migration 4% aligned 76 shared votes
55 Aye 21 No
58 Aye 23 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
22 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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