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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,346 shared comparable votes.

1,345 same votes 1 different votes 1,346 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
109 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
109 Aye 61 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
41 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
41 Aye 91 No
61 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
61 Aye 52 No
41 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
41 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
109 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 170 shared votes
109 Aye 61 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
41 Aye 91 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
41 Aye 91 No
61 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 113 shared votes
61 Aye 52 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 388 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
1,725
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
957
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
768
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

101
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Appearances
47
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
228
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
51
-103.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 212 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API