Claire Hanna, MP for Belfast South and Mid Down
Claire Hanna has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill | 2024 | |
| Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) Bill | 2021 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
No interests are currently registered for Claire Hanna.
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Claire Hanna asked 102 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
75 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Claire Hanna represents Belfast South and Mid Down. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Social Democratic & Labour Party
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Claire Hanna won with 49% of the votes, and Kate Nicholl (Alliance) came second with 20%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claire Hanna | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 21,345 | 49.1% |
| Kate Nicholl | Alliance | 8,839 | 20.3% |
| Tracy Kelly | Democratic Unionist Party | 6,859 | 15.8% |
| Michael Henderson | Ulster Unionist Party | 2,653 | 6.1% |
| Dan Boucher | Traditional Unionist Voice | 2,218 | 5.1% |
| Áine Groogan | Green Party Northern Ireland | 1,577 | 3.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
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Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Claire Hanna took part in 39 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Claire Hanna voted the same way as their party in 15 of the 15 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | n/a |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 16 Jun | New rules: Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) | For | n/a |
| 16 Jun | Cyber security: a proposed change | For | n/a |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this