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Stephen Kinnock vs Paulette Hamilton

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 750 shared comparable votes.

743 same votes 7 different votes 750 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
73 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
73 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
22 Aye 89 No
35 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
73 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
22 Aye 89 No
35 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
33 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
3% above average
Rank 310 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,802
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,199 eligible divisions
1,015
56.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
787
43.7% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Appearances
57
-31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
398
+243.4 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
Contributions
68
-86.6 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#1
Education
55 of 61 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
57 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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