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Claire Hanna vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 596 shared comparable votes.

571 same votes 25 different votes 596 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
33 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
33 Aye 76 No
26 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 72% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
38 Aye 18 No
Tax 91% aligned 56 shared votes
41 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 2 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

45.3%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
765
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
396
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
369
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Appearances
47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
48
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Trade
33 of 56 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API