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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 446 different votes 460 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 33 No
Migration 7% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 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
70.4 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 648
837
1,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,628
2,312 eligible divisions
418
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
751
46.1 % of votes cast
419
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
877
53.9 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 648
Appearances
41
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 648
57
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 648
Contributions
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
55 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Education
54 of 60 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
111 of 124 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Transport
71 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Education
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API