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Seema Malhotra vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Seema Malhotra and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 562 shared comparable votes.

562 same votes 0 different votes 562 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
20 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
20 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
20 Aye 81 No
59 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

68.3 %
5 % below average
Rank 470 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 304 of 647
1,582
2,315 eligible divisions
Total votes
840
1,109 eligible divisions
893
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
418
49.8 % of votes cast
689
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
422
50.2 % of votes cast
12
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
14 years, 5 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

53
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 647
Appearances
40
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 647
280
+168.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 647
Contributions
60
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£252,817
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
4
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

Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Migration
141 of 169 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 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
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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