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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Alex Burghart

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

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Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Lab Washington and Gateshead South
vs
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Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,277 different votes 1,335 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
90 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 155 shared votes
65 Aye 90 No
39 Aye 100 No
Migration 4% aligned 139 shared votes
97 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 7 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 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
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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