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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 1,052 shared comparable votes.

1,048 same votes 4 different votes 1,052 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
72 Aye 47 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
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 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 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
72 Aye 47 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

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
1,726
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
958
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
768
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

103
+10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
230
+69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Contributions
85
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
6
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
42 of 49 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API