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Birmingham Erdington

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 43% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Birmingham. Population 121,088, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 53% above the national average. Median income £24K (below average).

Paulette Hamilton's most notable recent act of independence came on 20 June 2025, when she broke from the Labour majority on every available vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- opposing the bill at Third Reading and voting against amendments seen as liberalising its provisions, while backing amendments interpreted as adding greater restrictions or safeguards. Though assisted dying votes were technically free votes, Hamilton's position placed her firmly on the opposing side of her party's prevailing majority, making this the defining moment of her parliamentary record to date.

Beyond that, Hamilton is a largely loyal government supporter -- a 98% party-line voter across 389 divisions, with an 83% participation rate that sits a little below the Commons average. She consistently backs government positions on tax, spending, and crime, and has never sided with opposition motions. Her speeches are concentrated on health, social care, and the economy, with six health contributions in recent debates alone. She sits on the Health and Social Care Committee, which gives institutional weight to her campaigning: she has raised hoarding disorder in Westminster and championed action on health inequality, citing the West Midlands' premature death rates as among the worst in the UK.

389
Commons votes
This parliament
£24k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
77.5k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 6 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Paulette Hamilton

Paulette Hamilton

Labour Party

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

Notable Votes

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes too ill to complete their assessment before signing off on an assisted dying request, a further referral can be made to another doctor — mirroring an existing provision in the Bill for the attending doctor.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under the Bill solely because they have voluntarily stopped eating and drinking. This matters because without the amendment, a person could potentially use voluntary starvation to meet the terminal illness threshold and access an assisted death.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 43% of the vote in 2024. Centred on Birmingham. Population 121,088, notably young (median age 35 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 53% above the national average. Median income £24K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Hamilton’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.427 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Hamilton has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
94
Economy
89
Employment
52
Education
41
Crime & Policing
40
Welfare and Benefits
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 1220 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 7720 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
§ 08The local picture.7 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Castle ValeRay Goodwin522Labour P
ErdingtonGareth Raymond Moore2,047Conserva
ErdingtonRobert Alden2,469Conserva
Gravelly HillMick Brown807Labour P
KingstandingClifton Frederick Welch829Conserva
Perry CommonJillian Joanne Bermingham892Labour P
Pype HayesBasharat Mahmood911Labour P
Stockland GreenAmar Khan1,871Labour P
Stockland GreenJane Jones2,040Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
121,088
Electorate 77,463 · 2024 register
Median income
£24,400
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
22.1%
England average 20.0%
Schools
58
32 primary · 7 secondary
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