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Sir John Whittingdale vs Claire Hanna

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Claire Hanna
Claire Hanna
SDLP Belfast South and Mid Down

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Claire Hanna voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 633 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 613 different votes 633 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
3 Aye 13 No
Education 19% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 39 No
Tax 8% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
28 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 2% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
45.9 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,897
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
752
1,638 eligible divisions
906
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
391
52.0 % of votes cast
991
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
361
48.0 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

75
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
Appearances
27
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
107
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
Contributions
37
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,304,824
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,191
33 % above average
10
6 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
Trade
80 of 89 votes
#3
Migration
122 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
33 of 51 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
22 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
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 Sep 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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