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Claire Hanna vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Sir Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 561 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 552 different votes 561 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
34 Aye 17 No
Tax 8% aligned 51 shared votes
13 Aye 38 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 101 shared votes
77 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 77 No
Migration 0% aligned 101 shared votes
77 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 628 of 649
Participation
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
753
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
391
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
362
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
38
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill: Committee of the Whole House Amendment 68 21 Sep 2020
Brexit / EU
No
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