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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 703 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 679 different votes 703 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
3 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 4 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
38 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
78 Aye 41 No
Tax 3% aligned 119 shared votes
38 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 85 No
Migration 1% aligned 105 shared votes
84 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
14 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 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
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,933
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
913
47.2 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.8 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
231
+92.7 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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