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 NO

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

3 votes · 21 Jun 2023

3 AYE

Procurement Bill [Lords] Report Stage

3 votes · 13 Jun 2023

4 NO

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

4 votes · 24 May 2023

4 NO

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

4 votes · 22 May 2023

5 AYE

Illegal Migration Bill Report Stage

5 votes · 26 Apr 2023

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Claire in Parliament

Recycling: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to take to ensure that local authorities use funding from the Extended Producer Responsibilit

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 Jul 2025

Deposit Return Schemes: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing the set-up costs for the Deposit Return Scheme.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 Jul 2025

Broadcasting: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Ofcom’s proposals to remove the prohibitions on (a) matching

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport1 Jul 2025

Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will meet with Media Strong.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport27 Jun 2025

Journalism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support mental health services in journalism.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport27 Jun 2025

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Federation of Small Businesses Northern Ireland's report entit

AnsweredCabinet Office25 Jun 2025

Social Security Benefits and Welfare Tax Credits: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate (a) inflation-linked benefits and (b) tax credits for the 2026–27 financial year in line with the consumer

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions24 Jun 2025

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, if he will publish the Barnett consequential

AnsweredTreasury19 Jun 2025

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the pote

AnsweredDepartment for Education19 Jun 2025

Maternity Allowance: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by Maternity Action, entitled Pushed into Poverty, published in May 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potent

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Jun 2025
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