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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 753 shared comparable votes.

752 same votes 1 different votes 753 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 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
18 Aye 89 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 111 shared votes
70 Aye 41 No
18 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
18 Aye 89 No
38 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 80 shared votes
38 Aye 42 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,200 eligible divisions
704
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
436
49.3% of votes cast
650
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
16
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

61
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
86
-76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 650
Contributions
68
-94.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 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
6
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
Education
55 of 61 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Education
61 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Housing
47 of 54 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
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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