Claire Hanna

MP since 12 Dec 2019

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Claire Hanna is the Social Democratic & Labour Party MP for Belfast South and Mid Down, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

755

Votes Cast

£301,191

Expenses 2024-25

12,506

Majority

49.1%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£301,191

Staffing£235,979
Travel£30,316
Office£28,169
Accommodation£6,728

Year-on-Year

2024-25£301,191
2023-24£280,246
2022-23£270,316
2021-22£208,453
2020-21£206,695
2019-20£12,524

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 43,491 voters

Social Democratic & Labour Party
21,345 votes49.1%
Alliance
8,839 votes20.3%
Democratic Unionist Party
6,859 votes15.8%
Ulster Unionist Party
2,653 votes6.1%
Traditional Unionist Voice
2,218 votes5.1%
Green Party Northern Ireland
1,577 votes3.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

271

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

47

Debates Spoken In

75

Speeches

120

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 392No: 363

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3 AYE1 NO

Illegal Migration Bill

4 votes · 28 Mar 2023

4 AYE

Illegal Migration Bill

4 votes · 27 Mar 2023

2 NO

Public Order Bill

2 votes · 7 Mar 2023

2 AYE

Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill Committee

2 votes · 6 Mar 2023

2 AYE

Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [Lords] Report Stage

2 votes · 1 Mar 2023

3 AYE

Seafarers' Wages Bill [Lords] Report Stage

3 votes · 7 Feb 2023

3 AYE

UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Report Stage

3 votes · 1 Feb 2023

2 AYE1 NO

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee

3 votes · 30 Jan 2023

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Claire in Parliament

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Timms Review plans to (a) hold discussions with (i) carers and (ii) disabled people from and (b) considers the potential impact of prop

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions4 Nov 2025

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support (a) hospitality, (b) consumers, (c) pubs and (d) breweries by (i) reducing (A) VAT and (B) draught beer and cider duty and (ii

AnsweredTreasury4 Nov 2025

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of appraisal processes for (a) Freidrich’s Ataxia, (b) Neiman Pick’s disease and (c) o

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 Oct 2025

Community Ownership Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to football clubs in Northern Ireland through the Community Ownership Fund.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government24 Oct 2025

Digital Technology: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to retain Digital Services Tax.

AnsweredTreasury16 Oct 2025

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate method-of-production welfare labelling for (a) po

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs14 Oct 2025

Energy: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending VAT energy-saving materials (ESM) relief to all domestic retrofit projects which i

AnsweredTreasury10 Oct 2025

Football: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to football clubs through the Grassroots Football Facilities Investment Fund in Northern Ireland.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport10 Oct 2025

Local Growth Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 76346 on Local Growth Deals: Northern Ireland, whether his Department plans to hold discussi

AnsweredNorthern Ireland Office10 Oct 2025

Heat Pumps: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on the number of domestic retrofits undertaken annually.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero10 Oct 2025
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