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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 600 different votes 626 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
8 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
80 Aye 23 No
Migration 4% aligned 103 shared votes
19 Aye 84 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
90
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
10
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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
200 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Housing
57 of 67 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
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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