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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Paula Barker voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,033 shared comparable votes.

1,029 same votes 4 different votes 1,033 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
29 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
29 Aye 93 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
27 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 97% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
29 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
29 Aye 93 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

88
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
Appearances
78
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
215
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API