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Claire Hanna vs Bill Esterson

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

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

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Bill Esterson voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 606 shared comparable votes.

579 same votes 27 different votes 606 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
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Benefits 74% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 89% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 92% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 4 No
Energy 95% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.5 %
27 % below average
Rank 624 of 647
Participation
70.9 %
2 % below average
Rank 416 of 647
746
1,606 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,324 eligible divisions
385
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
928
56.3 % of votes cast
361
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
719
43.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

23
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 647
Appearances
52
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 647
33
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 647
Contributions
77
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Migration
122 of 152 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
32 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
49 of 59 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
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