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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Kim Leadbeater

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 Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 819 shared comparable votes.

819 same votes 0 different votes 819 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
65 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
65 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
31 Aye 72 No
51 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
65 Aye 51 No
31 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
31 Aye 72 No
51 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 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
82.3%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
1,726
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,127
1,370 eligible divisions
958
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
580
51.5% of votes cast
768
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
547
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
5 years, 3 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

106
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
14
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
235
+73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
23
-139.0 vs Commons average
Rank 608 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 65 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
133 of 146 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
40 of 44 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 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 Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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
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