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Mark Garnier vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,475 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,397 different votes 1,475 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
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
71 Aye 100 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
21 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
57 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 123 shared votes
67 Aye 56 No
98 Aye 38 No
Migration 4% aligned 136 shared votes
35 Aye 101 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 21 No
Benefits 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API