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Sharon Hodgson

Labour MP for Gateshead East & Washington West

• Assistant Whip (funded by HM Treasury) (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 13,407 votes. — 51st out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Sharon Hodgson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, North East Regional Select Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
• Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (since 27 Nov 2007)
• Member, Regulatory Reform Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Health, Education and Skills, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Children, Schools and Families, Transport

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Policies, Energy Efficiency, Dyslexia, Breast Cancer, Batteries: Recycling

(based on written questions asked by Sharon Hodgson and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Equality Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of n/a)
• Health Bill Committee (12 out of n/a)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)
• Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Sittings of the House (14 Jul 2009)

“I beg to move— [ Interruption. ]”

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (9 Jun 2009)

“Yes, please, thank you for letting me ask one, Mr. Benton. I have a couple of quick questions on pregnancy discrimination—it will probably have to be my only question. The National Union of Teachers is concerned about clause 16(7) and the use of the word “reasonable”, which we keep seeing in a lot of legislation at the moment. The NUT feels that employers could defend...”

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill (9 Jun 2009)

“The YWCA is concerned about clause 79 with regard to education for pregnant girls in school. Evidence shows that a significant proportion of them are treated less favourably in school.”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 83% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 94 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sharon Hodgson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 62 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,240 (371st). Rail £10,549 (37th). Air £1,264 (94th). Misc £242 (114th). Other: Rail £6 (199th).

^** Car £5,744 (91st). Rail £6,169 (131st). Air £1,476 (104th).