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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Keir Mather voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

361 same votes 0 different votes 361 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
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 23 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 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
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
796 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
308
51.2% 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
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Contributions
546
+400.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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