Paulette Hamilton

Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, since 3 March 2022

Paulette Hamilton is the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, and has been an MP continually since 3 March 2022.

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Scorecard

85.2% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote

490 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

85 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

7 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs

11 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

136 Debates spoken in 100 written questions tabled

Ranked 93 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division	Aye	330–109
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	330–109
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	No	104–412
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	No	102–409
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	No	93–323
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	Aye	264–90
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	97–358
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	283–182
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	317–103
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	369–102
7 Jul 2026	Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners	No vote	115–0
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	Aye	394–85
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No	177–308
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No	173–282
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	80–281
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	No vote	318–107
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division	No vote	322–107
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	Aye	330–93
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026	Aye	329–94
24 Jun 2026	Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026	Aye	332–94
24 Jun 2026	Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	323–160
23 Jun 2026	Opposition Day: Puberty blockers	No	112–283
23 Jun 2026	Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment	Aye	294–110
23 Jun 2026	Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness	No	108–307
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11	No	171–322

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Media appearances
From: 16 January 2025.
Payer: ITN Productions, 200 Gray's Inn road, London WC1X 8XZ
(Registered 1 April 2025)