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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 589 shared comparable votes.

589 same votes 0 different votes 589 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
21 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
21 Aye 82 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
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
21 Aye 82 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
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 650
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
1,647
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
884
1,200 eligible divisions
919
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
436
49.3% of votes cast
728
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
13
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
14 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2011
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

71
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 650
341
+179.0 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£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
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
184 of 212 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
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