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Olivia Blake vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Olivia Blake and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

953 same votes 6 different votes 959 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
91 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 143 shared votes
91 Aye 52 No
43 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No
31 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 14 No
Benefits 94% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
39 Aye 82 No
Migration 98% aligned 121 shared votes
37 Aye 84 No
91 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 143 shared votes
91 Aye 52 No
43 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
43 Aye 48 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 329 of 648
Participation
72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 648
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,667
2,312 eligible divisions
630
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
938
56.3 % of votes cast
563
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
729
43.7 % of votes cast
10
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

32
-28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 648
Appearances
27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 648
43
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 648
Contributions
39
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£300,839
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Education
65 of 68 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#2
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
54 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API