Birmingham Erdington / data
Paulette Hamilton · Labour Party · sitting since 03 Mar 2022 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
1513days
from 03 Mar 2022
Divisions
427
of 504 possible
Attendance
85%
77 absent / paired
Whip alignment
98%
vs party majority
Speeches
219
55 debates
Written Qs
50
50 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£287k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 152 claims
Interests
15
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 94 | |
| Economy | 89 | |
| Employment | 52 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Crime & Policing | 40 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 28 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 24 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Social Care | 17 | 8,202 |
| Health | 19 | 8,136 |
| Local Government | 9 | 3,512 |
| Crime | 14 | 2,352 |
| Fiscal Policy | 6 | 1,993 |
| Education | 4 | 1,626 |
| Economy Jobs | 10 | 1,327 |
| Technology | 2 | 647 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | No |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12Vote on whether to add a provision to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ensuring that if an independent doctor dies or becomes to… | Free vote | Aye |
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77Vote on an amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that would prevent someone from qualifying as 'terminally ill' under th… | Free vote | No |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Allied Health ProfessionalsMy hon. Friend is making some fantastic points, especially those highlighting the findings of the Health and Social Care Committee. Allied health professionals are absolutely vital… HealthLabour MarketSocial Care | 77 |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I rise to speak to the new clause that is tabled in my name, which I do not intend to push to a vote. It would require t… Crime | 826 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)I am learning so much from these sessions. I have a question on choice. Many people feel that the removal of choice is a real problem. Can the Minister explain why that choice is n… Crime | 69 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister; I am listening to what he is saying and I am finding it really interesting. But let us not forget that, until 2019, we had a backlog of something like … Crime | 128 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister makes such a brilliant point. She is right: 31% of those who have become magistrates are from an ethnic minority group. But when we look outside London, we see that we… CrimeFiscal Policy | 75 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill (Sixth sitting)I am no expert, but I find this argument fascinating. What would it take to make the shadow Minister believe what the Minister is saying? I do not understand this subject, except f… CrimeFiscal Policy | 64 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Just to press you because you are the research man, would you perhaps say a pilot would be a good way to go? So, look at an area where a pilot would be adequate, and then see if th… | 68 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)You absolutely see no issues with this particular scheme. | 9 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Okay. I am going to shut up there because we are over time. Thank you. | 15 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)You are asking the wrong questions. | 6 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Would you see a problem with the planning aspect of this—getting planning from local authorities? | 15 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Okay. I am going to go across to you, Dr Hellowell. What are your views? I think it is a good plan. That precinct-type plan is a way forward for the UK, especially if you want to k… | 59 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Do you think it would go through quite easily? | 9 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)Lord Hutton, would you see a problem with the planning aspect of this? | 13 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Health and Social Care Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1567)You are asking my question. I was going to put it out there. | 13 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 25 | 50.0% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 9 | 18.0% |
| Home Office | 4 | 8.0% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 8.0% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 3 | 6.0% |
| Department for Transport | 1 | 2.0% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 2.0% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 | 2.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review financial relief for pharmacies on PFI estates, including rent-subsidy schemes and a statutory cap on PFI rents for NHS pharmacy contractors. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider NHS funding adjustments for pharmacies to offset increases in National Minimum Wage and employer National Insurance. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support the sustainability of NHS pharmacies operating on PFI sites. | Answered |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review of local planning and healthcare infrastructure for villages and local hub–type plans, including PFI estates. | Answered |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new buildings include (a) insulation, (b) green roofs, (c) passive cooling and (d) other climate-related features throu… | Answered |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to assess the potential impact of climate-related risks to (a) health, (b) infrastructure and (c) the economy on the Gov… | Answered |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve the financial security of people at the end of life. | Answered |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the effectiveness of the Special Rules for End of Life fast-tracking benefits system. | Answered |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hospice and End of Life Care enti… | Answered |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to expand the scope of the terms of reference for the Pensions Commission to enable it to consider the potential merits of allowing people of working age with a term… | Answered |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will award maternity pay per baby instead of per pregnancy. | Answered |
| 11 Jul 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of current funding on palliative care on an assisted dying service. | Answered |
| 27 Jun 2025 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what plans her Department has to provide dedicated capital funding for (a) safe, (b) modern,… | Answered |
| 24 Jun 2025 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to introduce new (a) opportunities and (b) training for PIP claimants who will lose their entitlement to PIP due to the Universal Credit and Personal Indepen… | Answered |
| 10 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current provisions for children with allergies in schools. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
| Modernisation CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 09 Sept 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 25 | 25,328 | 8.8% |
| Office Costs | 113 | 31,500 | 11.0% |
| Staffing | 4 | 215,936 | 75.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 7,298 | 2.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 6,673 | 2.3% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 14 | 21,960 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 29 | 3,607 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 47 | 2,546 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 9 | 1,747 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 2 | 1,621 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 4 | 1,572 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 953 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 754 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 13 | 666 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 3 | 505 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 290 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 1,770 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 54 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Administrative services | 384 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,770 | Paid |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-180] | 255 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-177] | 128 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 243 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories | 117 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 20 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 0 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011725-7172] [200011804-200] | 34 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 862 | Paid |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 35 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-178] | 46 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 1,770 | Paid |
| 01 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 54 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Administrative services | 540 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011803-179] | 80 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 26 | Paid |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 21 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings13 entries
14 Apr 2026
Payment: £300
Received on: 23 January 2026. Hours: 6 hrs Maximum.
(Registered 8 April 2026)
24 Mar 2026
Payment: £600
Received on: 19 March 2026. Hours: 12 hrs.
(Registered 23 March 2026)
16 Dec 2025
Payment: £300
Received on: 5 December 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 15 December 2025)
02 Dec 2025
Payment: £450 One in person appearance and two online appearances.
Received on: 7 November 2025. Hours: 5 hrs estimated.
(Registered 18 November 2025)
17 Sept 2025
Payment: £600 panel member on breakfast programme
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)
01 Jul 2025
Payment: £180
Received on: 27 June 2025. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 30 June 2025)
01 Jul 2025
Payment: £300
Received on: 20 June 2025. Hours: 6 hrs.
(Registered 30 June 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Payment: £149.40
Received on: 28 April 2025. Hours: 5 hrs.
(Registered 19 May 2025)
18 Apr 2024
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)
08 Apr 2025
Payment: £300
Received on: 21 March 2025. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 1 April 2025)
08 Apr 2025
Payment: £300 Jeremy Vine guest reviewer Channel 5
Received on: 7 February 2025. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 1 April 2025)
08 Apr 2025
Role, work or services: Jeremy Vine guest reviewer on the breakfast program, discussing current news affairs of the day.
From: 16 January 2025.
Payer: ITN Productions (Channel 5 Studio), 200 Gray's Inn road, London WC1X 8XZ
(Registered 1 April 2025)
08 Apr 2025
Payment: £150
Received on: 26 July 2024. Hours: 3 hrs.
(Registered 1 April 2025)
8. Miscellaneous2 entries
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)
18 Apr 2024
Registered Nurse at the Bank Universities Hospitals, Birmingham.
(Registered 21 March 2022)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 7 wards, 9 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Vale | Ray Goodwin | Labour Party | 522 | 05 May 2022 |
| Erdington | Gareth Raymond Moore | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,047 | 05 May 2022 |
| Erdington | Robert Alden | Conservative and Unionist Party | 2,469 | 05 May 2022 |
| Gravelly Hill | Mick Brown | Labour Party | 807 | 05 May 2022 |
| Kingstanding | Clifton Frederick Welch | Conservative and Unionist Party | 829 | 30 May 2024 |
| Perry Common | Jillian Joanne Bermingham | Labour Party | 892 | 05 May 2022 |
| Pype Hayes | Basharat Mahmood | Labour Party | 911 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stockland Green | Amar Khan | Labour Party | 1,871 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stockland Green | Jane Jones | Labour Party | 2,040 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 121,088 | Electorate 77,463 (2024) |
| Median age | 35 | years |
| Degree-educated | 23.8% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 60.2% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 50.5% | households |
| Private-rented | 22.1% | households |
| Social-rented | 26.9% | households |
| Employment rate | 52.3% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.