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Claire Hanna vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Michael Shanks voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 19 different votes 158 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
5 Aye 20 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 6 No
Tax 79% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 20 No
Migration 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

46.2 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 650
Participation
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 530 of 650
748
1,619 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
739 eligible divisions
387
51.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
47.7 % of votes cast
361
48.3 % of votes cast
No votes
249
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

25
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
Appearances
78
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
35
-84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
Contributions
324
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
27 of 31 votes
Migration
122 of 152 votes
#3
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
32 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 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
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
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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