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Sir Mel Stride vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 601 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 583 different votes 601 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
12 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 61 shared votes
37 Aye 24 No
82 Aye 22 No
Migration 3% aligned 104 shared votes
19 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,841
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
873
1,150 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
431
49.4 % of votes cast
949
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
442
50.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

29
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
56
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
47
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 505 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

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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