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Claire Hanna vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Helen Whately voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 629 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 608 different votes 629 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
12 Aye 3 No
Education 13% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 15 No
Tax 8% aligned 52 shared votes
11 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 82 No
Migration 2% aligned 114 shared votes
80 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

45.9 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 123 of 649
752
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,973
2,356 eligible divisions
391
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
941
47.7 % of votes cast
361
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,032
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

27
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
45
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 649
37
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
68
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 422 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Trade
33 of 51 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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