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Nick Smith vs Claire Hanna

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Claire Hanna voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

596 same votes 30 different votes 626 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
25 Aye 56 No
Migration 100% aligned 81 shared votes
25 Aye 56 No
30 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 16 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 85% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 90% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
39 Aye 14 No
Tax 91% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 3 No
Energy 94% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 650
Participation
45.3%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 650
1,798
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
765
1,687 eligible divisions
1,023
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
396
51.8% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
369
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 650
125
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
Contributions
48
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
58 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 63 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
25 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
33 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API