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Sharon Hodgson
Labour MP for Washington and Sunderland West
- Also represented Gateshead East and Washington West
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sharon Hodgson voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Health, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Special Educational Needs, Departmental Policies, Free School Meals, Cancer, NHS: Equality
(based on written questions asked by Sharon Hodgson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (15 out of 18)
- Equality Bill Committee (5 out of 20)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Topical Questions (9 Feb 2012)
“I am sure that the Secretary of State will share my excitement about the recently announced concert to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee. How confident is he that the measures being put in place by his Department will tackle the scourge of ticket touts and prevent them from getting their hands on, and profiting from, tickets for a publicly funded celebration?”
- Written Answers — Education: Maternity Services: Data Protection (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of primary care trusts who do not share live-birth data with local authority children's services for use by children's centres and associated early years outreach programmes.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of school-age children living in households in receipt of universal credit in each of the next five academic years.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 176 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 72.55% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 131 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £22,942 (211th) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £19,382 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £17,849 (321st) | £17,663 (360th) | £21,183 (227th) | £26,141 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £100,982 (128th) | £94,456 (63rd) | £87,255 (173rd) | £77,490 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £1,214 (570th) | £3,794 (511th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £14,925 (72nd)1 | £14,301 (97th)2 | £13,389 (106th)3 | £13,632 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £577 (139th) | £1,093 (87th) | £1,551 (63rd) | £1,741 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £727 (156th) | £2,880 (36th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £519 (joint 33rd with 1 other) | £546 (joint 40th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,502 (440th) | £893 (268th) | £2,307 (76th) | £3,565 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,349 (502nd) | £6,345 (96th) | £13,672 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,153 (414th) | £1,082 (joint 276th with 17 others) | £1,037 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £2,968 (44th) | £0 | £231 | ||||
| Total | £163,300 (154th) | £164,038 (58th) | £155,222 (48th) | £156,891 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,243 (351st). Rail £11,021 (34th). Air £1,297 (90th). Misc £364 (98th).
2 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).
3 Car £5,744 (91st). Rail £6,169 (131st). Air £1,476 (104th).