Official portrait of Paulette Hamilton

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.

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.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Aye 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Aye 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Aye 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Aye 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Aye 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Aye 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Aye 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 Aye 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 Aye 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 Aye 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E Aye 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 Aye 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 Aye 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B Aye 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 Aye 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 Aye 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Aye 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 Aye 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 Aye 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Aye 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments Aye 247–21

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)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £600 panel member on the Jeremy Vine breakfast program.
Received on: 4 September 2025. Hours: 7 hrs attended over two dates (3 July 2025 3.5 hours and 13 August 3.5hours).
(Registered 4 September 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £450 One in person appearance and two online appearances on the Jeremy Vine program.
Received on: 7 November 2025. Hours: 5 hrs estimated.
(Registered 18 November 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £300 Jeremy Vine guest reviewer on the breakfast program, discussing current news affairs of the day
Received on: 5 December 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 15 December 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £600 Jeremy Vine guest reviewer on the breakfast program, discussing current news affairs of the day
Received on: 19 March 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 23 March 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £270 for being a guest panelist on the Matt Allwright show, speaking on topical issues of the day.
Received on: 19 March 2026. Hours: 3 hrs (maximum hours), preparing for the programme and attending.
(Registered 8 April 2026; updated 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £300 Jeremy Vine guest reviewer on the breakfast program, discussing current news affairs of the day
Received on: 23 January 2026. Hours: 6 hrs Maximum.
(Registered 8 April 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment: £300 Jeremy Vine guest reviewer on the breakfast program, discussing current news affairs of the day
Received on: 8 May 2026. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Role, work or services: Sitting on hearings as an Independent Associate Manager
Payer: Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, Unit 1 B1, 50 Summer Hill Road, Birmingham B1 3RB
(Registered 21 March 2022; updated 5 October 2023 and 30 July 2024)

On the register since 19 May 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Registered Nurse at the Bank Universities Hospitals, Birmingham.
(Registered 21 March 2022)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Vice President of the Local Government Association (LGA). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 June 2022
(Registered 25 July 2022)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

136 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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