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Shabana Mahmood vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 372 shared comparable votes.

372 same votes 0 different votes 372 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
15 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
15 Aye 69 No
35 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 84 shared votes
15 Aye 69 No
35 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

70
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
826
+680.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
35 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
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