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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Blair McDougall

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 Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Blair McDougall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

281 same votes 1 different votes 282 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
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% 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
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
219
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
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