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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 259 different votes 264 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 2% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
46.5% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
222
53.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Contributions
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
42 of 47 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API