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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 577 shared comparable votes.

556 same votes 21 different votes 577 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
18 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 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
14 Aye 2 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
15 Aye 1 No
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

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
66.0 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 647
746
1,606 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,535
2,324 eligible divisions
385
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
880
57.3 % of votes cast
361
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
655
42.7 % 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
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

23
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 647
Appearances
44
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 647
33
-82.5 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 647
Contributions
109
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£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 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Migration
122 of 152 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Trade
32 of 50 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
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
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