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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 1 different votes 344 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 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 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

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 387 of 649
Participation
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 75 of 649
1,694
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
575 eligible divisions
949
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.1 % of votes cast
745
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
247
49.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
59
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
171
+31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
38 of 43 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API