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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Greg Smith

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 Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,001 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 978 different votes 1,001 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
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
57 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 109 shared votes
50 Aye 59 No
82 Aye 51 No
Tax 2% aligned 133 shared votes
49 Aye 84 No
36 Aye 96 No
Migration 1% aligned 132 shared votes
95 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 647
Participation
89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
1,680
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
941
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
701
48.8 % of votes cast
739
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
736
51.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
96
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Contributions
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
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
38 of 43 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
149 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Defence
52 of 64 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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