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Claire Hanna vs Hilary Benn

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 Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Hilary Benn voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 656 shared comparable votes.

629 same votes 27 different votes 656 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 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
31 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Benefits 74% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 13 No
Tax 88% aligned 43 shared votes
33 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 90% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 650
765
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,864
2,405 eligible divisions
396
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,050
56.3% of votes cast
369
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
814
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
27 years, 4 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
Appearances
66
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650
48
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
415
+260.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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 64 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
81 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 63 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
33 of 56 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 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 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
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