The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Sammy Wilson vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 489 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 384 different votes 489 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
7 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 50% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 2 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
34 Aye 25 No
Migration 41% aligned 59 shared votes
9 Aye 50 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
878
1,155 eligible divisions
724
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
433
49.3 % of votes cast
736
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
445
50.7 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
60
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
78
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API