This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Sharon Hodgson’s activity (no more than once per day)
Sharon Hodgson
Labour MP for Washington and Sunderland West
- Also represented Gateshead East and Washington West
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Sharon Hodgson
- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sharon Hodgson voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 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 against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever 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): Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats, Special Educational Needs, Departmental Policies, Families, Free School Meals
(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)
- Counter-Terrorism Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Special Educational Needs (Information) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- UK Borders Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Health Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Post-MDG Framework (Women and Girls) (23 May 2012)
“What steps he has taken to ensure that women and girls are central to any consultation on a post-millennium development goals framework.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Post-MDG Framework (Women and Girls) (23 May 2012)
“Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I thank the Minister for his response and welcome the UK’s customary leadership on this issue. He mentioned the voice of the poorest, among whom the hardest to hear are often women and girls. I am sure he agrees that their voice is the most important one that needs to be heard in order to develop the framework following the millennium development goals....”
- Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what (a) grants and (b) contracts his Department has awarded to companies or organisations run by individuals who were previously employed in any capacity by (i) the Conservative Party or its elected representatives and (ii) the Liberal Democrat Party or its elected representatives since May 2010; what the (A) value and...”
More of Sharon Hodgson's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 188 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 73.29% 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.
- 97 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Sharon Hodgson’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 138 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 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).