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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 0 different votes 429 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API