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Claire Hanna vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 512 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 497 different votes 512 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
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 4 No
Education 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 17 No
Tax 4% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 42 No
Migration 3% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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

45.9 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 422 of 649
752
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,661
2,356 eligible divisions
391
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
770
46.4 % of votes cast
361
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
891
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

27
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
55
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
37
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
Contributions
65
-69.5 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
33 of 51 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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