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Sir John Whittingdale vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 624 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 603 different votes 624 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
7 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
30 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
81 Aye 22 No
Migration 3% aligned 103 shared votes
19 Aye 84 No
11 Aye 28 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,897
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
906
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
991
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

75
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
107
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Contributions
74
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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