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Paula Barker vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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

Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree
vs
Photograph of Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Lab Washington and Gateshead South

Voting alignment

Paula Barker and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,000 shared comparable votes.

996 same votes 4 different votes 1,000 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 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
29 Aye 92 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 No
62 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
62 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 97% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 92 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
29 Aye 92 No
72 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
72 Aye 46 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

78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 648
Participation
72.1 %
1 % below average
Rank 384 of 648
1,255
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,667
2,312 eligible divisions
664
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
938
56.3 % of votes cast
591
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
729
43.7 % of votes cast
8
0.6 % 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

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 648
Appearances
28
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 648
35
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 648
Contributions
40
-68.9 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£322,425
43 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25 % above average
3
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

Housing
51 of 53 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Defence
55 of 58 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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