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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Lab Washington and Gateshead South
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 0 different votes 319 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
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 650
Appearances
59
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
219
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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