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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 647 shared comparable votes.

622 same votes 25 different votes 647 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
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

45.8%
26% below average
Rank 613 of 649
Participation
77.2%
6% above average
Rank 259 of 649
756
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,829
2,368 eligible divisions
393
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,036
56.6% of votes cast
363
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
793
43.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
37
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Contributions
457
+317.6 vs Commons average
Rank 24 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
£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 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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