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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 768 shared comparable votes.

756 same votes 12 different votes 768 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
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
32 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Benefits 81% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
41 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 84 shared votes
42 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 80 No
Migration 99% aligned 100 shared votes
21 Aye 79 No
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
Rank 333 of 650
1,856
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
895
1,211 eligible divisions
1,021
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
444
49.6% of votes cast
835
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
451
50.4% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Appearances
59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Contributions
70
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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