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Mrs Sharon Hodgson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Mrs Sharon Hodgson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 795 shared comparable votes.

795 same votes 0 different votes 795 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
63 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
63 Aye 53 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
47 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 116 shared votes
63 Aye 53 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
47 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 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
82.9%
11% above average
Rank 136 of 650
1,726
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
514
620 eligible divisions
958
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.8% of votes cast
768
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
263
51.2% 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

106
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
7
-86.0 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
235
+73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
7
-155.0 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£282,668
25% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
151 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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: 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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
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