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Stephen Doughty vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
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Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 530 shared comparable votes.

530 same votes 0 different votes 530 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
18 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
18 Aye 64 No
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
18 Aye 64 No
47 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

80
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
350
+206.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
80
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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