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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 445 different votes 456 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
54 Aye 21 No
Migration 4% aligned 75 shared votes
18 Aye 57 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 59 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
58 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.3 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 647
Participation
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 647
1,547
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
853
1,127 eligible divisions
723
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.4 % of votes cast
824
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
432
50.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

4
-62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
Appearances
51
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
9
-109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Contributions
70
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
13
3 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
173 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Trade
71 of 88 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Migration
125 of 169 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
46 of 64 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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