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Ruth Jones vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Ruth Jones and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 729 shared comparable votes.

728 same votes 1 different votes 729 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
70 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
70 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
17 Aye 88 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
33 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 108 shared votes
70 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 88 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
17 Aye 88 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
33 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,302
1,669 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
681
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
621
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
13
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

36
-30.2 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
46
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
70
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£296,369
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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

Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Education
60 of 68 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Migration
134 of 152 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
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