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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs James 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
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Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

965 same votes 0 different votes 965 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
86 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
86 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
38 Aye 89 No
47 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
47 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 139 shared votes
86 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
38 Aye 89 No
47 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
47 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 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
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,726
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,245
1,688 eligible divisions
958
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
52.8% of votes cast
768
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
588
47.2% 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
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

106
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
104
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
235
+73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
766
+604.4 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API