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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2 AYE

Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 12 Dec 2022

AYENC12
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AYENC2
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2 AYE

Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 7 Dec 2022

3 AYE

Online Safety Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 5 Dec 2022

1 AYE1 NO

Finance Bill

2 votes · 28 Nov 2022

2 AYE

Opposition Day

2 votes · 8 Nov 2022

2 AYE1 NO

Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] Committee

3 votes · 26 Oct 2022

1 AYE2 NO

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

3 votes · 25 Oct 2022

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Claire in Parliament

Maternity Allowance: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of treating Maternity Allowance as earned income for the purposes of calculating Univers

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Jun 2025

Parental Pay: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Maternity Allowance and (c) Shared Parental Pay

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions16 Jun 2025

Parental Pay: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what long-term plans her Department has to increase levels of (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) parental pay in line with the National Living Wa

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions16 Jun 2025

Healthy Start Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families subject to no recourse to public funds in Northern Ireland (a) are in receipt of Healthy Start and (b) have had their applic

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care10 Jun 2025

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Israeli government on the prevention of aid entering Gaza from the sea.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office10 Jun 2025

Deirdre Murphy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on Deirdre Murphy from Swansea following her arrest on 31 May

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office9 Jun 2025

IRA: Libya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the Shawcross report into compensation for UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office9 Jun 2025

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eVisa errors were reported using the online portal in the last six months.

AnsweredHome Office4 Jun 2025

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eVisa errors remain unresolved.

AnsweredHome Office4 Jun 2025

Unemployment Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work, published on 18 May 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of cla

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Jun 2025
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