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
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)	Aye	364–167
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)	Aye	327–182
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)	Aye	362–164
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31	Aye	348–176
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)	Aye	369–166
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)	Aye	371–166
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading	No vote	322–179
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80	No vote	187–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69	No vote	189–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17	No vote	87–321
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25	No vote	99–367
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85	No vote	57–309
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29	No vote	74–311
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	No vote	158–318
19 Nov 2025	Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	326–92
19 Nov 2025	Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division	No vote	376–16
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading	Aye	320–105
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No	165–327
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5	No	147–318
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4	No	143–318
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40	Aye	244–132
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	Aye	250–133
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	Aye	252–130
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	Aye	254–129
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33	Aye	257–128

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)