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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
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sharon Hodgson voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 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 moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
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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, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Special Educational Needs, Government Contracts: Political Affiliation, Children: Day Care, Departmental Staff: Political Affiliation, Children's Centres
(based on written questions asked by Sharon Hodgson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (19 out of 19)
- 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
- Written Answers — Home Department: Action Fraud (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of police constabularies in England have established formal links with Action Fraud; (2) which police constabularies have not yet established formal links with Action Fraud.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Tickets: Fraud (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints of ticket fraud have been received by Action Fraud in each of the last five years.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Tickets: Fraud (21 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of ticket fraud policing since the disbandment of the Operation Podium taskforce.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 172 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 74.04% 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") 160 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. 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).