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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Chris Murray

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 Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Chris Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 0 different votes 305 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
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 256 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.7% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
230
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
47
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 650
219
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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