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Claire Hanna vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 579 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 555 different votes 579 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
12 Aye 4 No
Education 19% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 6% aligned 48 shared votes
13 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 78 No
Migration 2% aligned 105 shared votes
76 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

45.6%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
756
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
393
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
363
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
39
-106.7 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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