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Claire Hanna vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Claire Hanna and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 637 shared comparable votes.

617 same votes 20 different votes 637 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
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
30 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 90% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
35 Aye 19 No
Tax 91% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 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
76.8%
5% above average
Rank 264 of 649
756
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,819
2,368 eligible divisions
393
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.3% of votes cast
363
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
795
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Appearances
30
-50.0 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
37
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Contributions
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£301,191
33% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
122 of 154 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
33 of 53 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
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
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
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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