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How Paulette Hamilton votes

Paulette Hamilton voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 227 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteForSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
14 JulAccountability of public officials: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Paulette Hamilton has 14 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 21 August 2026 - £270.0016 Sep 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 17 July 2026 - £300.0020 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 17 July 2026 - £270.0020 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 08 May 2026 - £300.001 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 March 2026 - £270.008 Apr 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 23 January 2026 - £300.008 Apr 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 March 2026 - £600.0023 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 05 December 2025 - £300.0015 Dec 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 07 November 2025 - £450.0018 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 04 September 2025 - £600.004 Sep 2025
Show the other 4
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earningsMedia appearances - ITN Productions1 Apr 2025
MiscellaneousVice President of the Local Government Association (LGA). This is an unpaid role.25 Jul 2022
Employment and earningsSitting on hearings as an Independent Associate Manager - Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust21 Mar 2022
MiscellaneousRegistered Nurse at the Bank Universities Hospitals, Birmingham.21 Mar 2022

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Paulette Hamilton asked 20 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care7
Department for Education5
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3
Women and Equalities2
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2

Latest questions

4 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Education
Answered 11 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 14 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
28 Aug 2026 · to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Not answered yet
30 Jun 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 20 Jul 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£14,480
Office costs · claims for running an office£9,845
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,524
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,111

71 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Paulette Hamilton represents Birmingham Erdington. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Paulette Hamilton

Labour

MAJORITY
7,019

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
44%

of people who could vote did

Paulette Hamilton won with 43% of the votes, and Jack Brookes (Reform UK) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour43% · 14,774
Reform UK23% · 7,755
Conservative16% · 5,402
Green Party7% · 2,452
Independent7% · 2,250
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,128
Everyone else1% · 376
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Paulette HamiltonLabour14,77443.3%
Jack BrookesReform UK7,75522.7%
Steve KneeConservative5,40215.8%
Karen TrenchGreen Party2,4527.2%
Shaukat AliIndependent2,2506.6%
Farzana AslamLiberal Democrat1,1283.3%
Corinthia WardTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3761.1%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£674 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
10.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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