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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,437 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,357 different votes 1,437 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
99 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 161 shared votes
67 Aye 94 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
66 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 122 shared votes
57 Aye 65 No
34 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
39 Aye 90 No
Migration 4% aligned 129 shared votes
87 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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