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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,356 different votes 1,418 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
60 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 115 shared votes
55 Aye 60 No
103 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
60 Aye 105 No
41 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 53 shared votes
14 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API