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Claire Hanna vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Peter Dowd voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 507 shared comparable votes.

493 same votes 14 different votes 507 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
27 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No
29 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 90% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 95% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
27 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

46.5 %
27 % below average
Rank 624 of 647
Participation
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 451 of 647
746
1,605 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,323 eligible divisions
385
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
56.3 % of votes cast
361
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
704
43.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

23
-40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 647
Appearances
27
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 647
33
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 647
Contributions
13
-100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Migration
122 of 152 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Trade
32 of 50 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 11 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
No
Aye
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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 38 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
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