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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Patricia Ferguson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 3 different votes 333 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
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
48 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 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 384 of 650
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 650
1,736
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
500
631 eligible divisions
965
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
254
50.8% of votes cast
771
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
246
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
110
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
239
+74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
153
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 239 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API