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Sojan Joseph vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

483 same votes 0 different votes 483 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
57 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
57 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
57 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.6%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
568
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
891
1,207 eligible divisions
282
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
443
49.7% of votes cast
286
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.3% of votes cast
14
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 8 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

76
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
57
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
90
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
68
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
6
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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