Paulette Hamilton.

Paulette Hamilton's most significant recent action was voting against her party on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025 she voted no at Third Reading on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — one of only a minority of Labour MPs to do so — and backed several tightening amendments, including ones that would have barred applications where the wish to die was driven by disability, financial hardship, or inadequate care. Her deviation from Labour's majority position on this issue is the sharpest in her record: she votes in line with pro-assisted-dying positions only 17% of the time, against a Labour average of 58%.

Beyond that rebellion, Hamilton is a 98.5% party-line voter with an 85% participation rate, slightly above the Commons average. Her voting profile reflects orthodox Labour economics — 100% aligned on progressive taxation, 86% on workers' rights — but she votes against civil liberties positions and parliamentary scrutiny amendments far more often than she supports them, consistent with a loyal government backbencher. Her speeches concentrate heavily on health (33 contributions), social care (23), local government (23), and crime (21), with the health focus reinforced by her background as a nurse and her current seat on the Health and Social Care Committee.

That committee role, alongside her work as a Health Equals Parliamentary Champion, helps explain her sustained push on health inequality — she has highlighted the West Midlands' high premature death rates and called for cross-government action. Local news coverage over the past 90 days runs to 63 articles, dominated by transport, crime, and local government, though sentiment scores are neutral throughout, suggesting no major local controversy or standout praise. Bio details beyond her nursing career are not prominent drivers of her recent activity.