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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 576 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 558 different votes 576 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 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
19 Aye 85 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
82 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 305 of 648
Participation
78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
874
48.3 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
936
51.7 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£789,073
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 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
55 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
55 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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