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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Jake Richards

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 Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

276 same votes 0 different votes 276 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 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 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 371 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% 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
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
219
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API