Paulette Hamilton is the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, having won the seat in a March 2022 by-election. Labour won the by-election, caused by the death of the former Labour MP Jack Dromey, with a majority of 3,266 on a turnout of just 27%.
The constituency of Birmingham Erdington is found to the north of the City of Birmingham, and is most well known for containing Birmingham’s famous motorway junction, Spahgetti junction. It is a relatively deprived seat with low levels of home ownership. Erdington has supported the Labour Party continuously since the Second World War. Erdington is the Birmingham seat in the city that voted Leave by the largest margin, 63% to 37%, in the 2016 European Union referendum.
Before being elected to Parliament, Paulette Hamilton worked as a nurse.
Hamilton also served as a member of Birmingham City Council for 18 yerars, having first been elected to the council for Holyhead ward in 2004. She was appointed to the Birmingham City Council Cabinet in 2015 with responsibility for Health and Social Care.
Hamilton has served as Chair of Birmingham’s Health and Wellbeing Board.
Twitter – @PauletteHamilton