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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Lewis Atkinson

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 Lewis Atkinson
Lewis Atkinson
Lab Sunderland Central

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Lewis Atkinson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 0 different votes 353 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
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 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
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 30 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.2% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
261
49.8% 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
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Contributions
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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
£221,126
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£221,126
2% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API