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Shivani Raja vs Paulette Hamilton

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

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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East
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Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 301 different votes 317 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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