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
4 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	392–116
3 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading	Aye	458–104
28 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Youth unemployment	No	91–287
28 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory	No	103–284
28 Jan 2026	Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	294–108
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1	No	88–310
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2	No	61–311
27 Jan 2026	Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9	No	91–378
21 Jan 2026	Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025	Aye	373–106
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	316–194
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No	195–317
21 Jan 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5	No	191–326
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	347–184
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	347–185
20 Jan 2026	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	344–182
20 Jan 2026	Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7	Aye	319–127
14 Jan 2026	Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 deferred division	Aye	301–110
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26	No	172–334
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9	No	181–335
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part	Aye	344–173
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25	No	187–351
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24	No	184–331
13 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part	Aye	348–167
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7	No	188–341
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No	185–344

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)