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Bill Esterson vs Claire Hanna

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Claire Hanna voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 616 shared comparable votes.

587 same votes 29 different votes 616 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
32 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
32 Aye 69 No
27 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 74% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 87% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 4 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
36 Aye 15 No
Tax 92% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 3 No
Energy 95% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
45.6%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
756
1,658 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
393
52.0% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
363
48.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Contributions
39
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
33 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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