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Sarah Owen vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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

Photograph of Sarah Owen
Sarah Owen
Lab Luton North
vs
Photograph of Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Lab Washington and Gateshead South

Voting alignment

Sarah Owen and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 878 shared comparable votes.

878 same votes 0 different votes 878 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
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
70 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
70 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 115 shared votes
33 Aye 82 No
70 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 110 shared votes
70 Aye 40 No
42 Aye 49 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
568
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
541
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
73
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
Contributions
215
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£998,822
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£276,668
22% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Defence
58 of 70 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
50 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API