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Richard Baker vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Richard Baker
Richard Baker
Lab Glenrothes and Mid Fife
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Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 0 different votes 374 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
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
17 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 650
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 295 of 650
422
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
867
1,143 eligible divisions
204
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
426
49.1 % of votes cast
218
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
441
50.9 % of votes cast
12
2.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

41
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Appearances
54
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
52
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
72
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
6
2 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API