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Claire Hanna vs Blake Stephenson

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 Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 91 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 83 different votes 91 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
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 18% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Tax 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

45.6%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
756
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
393
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
363
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
38
-104.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Contributions
116
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
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