Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Interim Chair and Deputy Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Layla Moran |
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington | |
| Assumed office 3 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jack Dromey |
| Majority | 7,019 (20.8%) |
| Member of Birmingham City Council | |
| In office 10 June 2004 – 5 May 2022 | |
| Ward | Handsworth Wood (2004–2018) Holyhead (2018–2022) |
| Preceded by | Ward established |
| Succeeded by | Rinkal Shergill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paulette Adassa Hamilton 1962 or 1963 (age 62–63) Handsworth, Birmingham, England |
| Political party | Labour |
Paulette Adassa Hamilton (born 1962 or 1963) is a British Labour politician who has served as the Interim (and Vice) Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee since May 2025, and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington since 2022. She is the first black MP to represent a constituency in Birmingham. Hamilton was also a councillor on the Birmingham City Council between 2004 and 2022, representing the Handsworth Wood and later Holyhead ward.