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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 661 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 638 different votes 661 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
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 86 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
82 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 386 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,694
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
949
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
745
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

61
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
110
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 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
38 of 43 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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