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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir Julian Lewis

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
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Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 702 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 679 different votes 702 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 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 40 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 8 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 3% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 81 No
Migration 1% aligned 91 shared votes
80 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 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
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % 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
361
+283.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
490
+351.7 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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
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
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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