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Paulette Hamilton vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Paulette Hamilton and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 365 different votes 369 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
28 Aye 54 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 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
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
878
1,155 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
433
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
445
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
7
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
78
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£285,345
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Education
55 of 61 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Migration
113 of 126 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
66 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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
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