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Esther McVey vs Claire Hanna

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Claire Hanna voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 510 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 481 different votes 510 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
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 27 No
Tax 11% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 9 No
Trade 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
45.6%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
756
1,658 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
393
52.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
363
48.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
38
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Trade
33 of 53 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
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 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
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 Sept 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
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