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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,371 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,291 different votes 1,371 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
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
92 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 146 shared votes
58 Aye 88 No
73 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 129 shared votes
59 Aye 70 No
11 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
951
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
756
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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