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Claire Hanna vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 26 different votes 354 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
17 Aye 71 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
17 Aye 71 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 40% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Tax 79% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 89% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 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
75.9%
4% above average
Rank 286 of 649
756
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,162 eligible divisions
393
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
434
49.2% of votes cast
363
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

27
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
60
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 649
37
-101.7 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Contributions
78
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
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
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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