Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP: votes, interests and costs
Mrs Sharon Hodgson represents Washington and Gateshead South in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 5 May 2005.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Mrs Sharon Hodgson; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) | Department of Health and Social Care | 3 March 2026 | 22 July 2026 |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) | Whips Office (Commons) | 10 June 2009 | 6 May 2010 |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 10 April 2020 | 14 May 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Public Health) | Department of Health and Social Care | 9 January 2018 | 10 April 2020 |
| Shadow Minister (Public Health) | Department of Health | 9 October 2016 | 9 January 2018 |
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 8 May 2015 | 27 June 2016 |
| Shadow Minister (Equalities) | Government Equalities Office | 7 October 2013 | 18 September 2015 |
| Shadow Minister (Education) | Department for Education | 8 October 2010 | 7 October 2013 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 10 May 2010 | 8 October 2010 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Members Estimate Committee | 4 September 2024 | 4 December 2024 |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 22 July 2024 | 4 December 2024 |
| Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission | 27 March 2023 | 4 December 2024 |
| House of Commons Commission | 8 March 2023 | 4 December 2024 |
| Public Accounts Commission | 8 March 2023 | 17 December 2024 |
| Members Estimate Committee | 8 March 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 8 March 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 7 March 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 7 March 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 28 February 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 25 February 2021 | 14 April 2021 |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 22 February 2021 | 22 February 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 371c29abe55e.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 6 entries for Mrs Sharon Hodgson: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3), Miscellaneous (2), Family members employed (1). The most recent was registered on . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Alan Hodgson employed
- Job title or role: Office Manager
- Pattern of working hours: Full time
- Name of the person employed: Alan Hodgson
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
LACA The School Food People - £327.60
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Staff member's attendance at LACA's Main Event Conference, with meals and accommodation for one night
- Value of the benefit: £327.60
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-08
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-08
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-09
- Name of the donor: LACA The School Food People
- Status of the donor: Company
Royal Albert Hall - £592.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets to the opening night of the Grand Sumo Tournament 2025 held in the Royal Albert Hall
- Value of the benefit: £592.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-15
- Name of the donor: Royal Albert Hall
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Royal Albert Hall
British Recorded Music Industry - £660.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets to attend the Mercury Prize Awards 2025. The tickets included entry to the event, two seats at the BPI table, food and drink
- Value of the benefit: £660.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-16
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-16
- Name of the donor: British Recorded Music Industry
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: British Recorded Music Industry
Director and Trustee of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-11-13
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-03-06
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-16
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-03-04
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £225,016 for Mrs Sharon Hodgson in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £220,202. Office costs came to £22,977 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £225,016.28 | £220,202.40 | £202,560.12 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,977.03 | £21,797.71 | £25,574.16 |
| Accommodation: spent | £23,546.83 | £23,112.17 | £22,165.15 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £11,127.99 | £10,198.69 | £14,251.33 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Washington and Gateshead South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (fixed term full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (fixed term full time), Communications Officer ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (fixed term full time), Intern (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 410 votes by Mrs Sharon Hodgson in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 22 June 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Mrs Sharon Hodgson has tabled 181 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Treasury; Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade ; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; and others.
Health Services: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of variation in access to health play services between hospitals and community healthcare settings in areas of (a) higher and (b) lower deprivation; and what steps she …
Health Services: Children's Play
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department holds on the proportion of integrated care boards that currently employ a dedicated health play specialist; and what steps she is taking to increase the number of boards wi …
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the recommendations on financial redress of the Hughes Report for those harmed by sodium valproate …
Sodium Valproate: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26641, whether the approval of his Department is required by the Department for Health and Social Care to award financial redress in response to recommendations …
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of improved paternity leave and pay on families expecting a child.
Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rate and duration of statutory paternity leave and pay.
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has costed compensation for victims of sodium valproate and pelvic mesh.
Tickets: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in (a) reforming the secondary ticketing market and (b) preventing the resale of live event tickets for profit.
Public Bodies: Reasonable Adjustments
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what cross-government mechanisms are in place to monitor and assess compliance by public bodies with their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to establish, record, implement and comply with reasonable adj …
Surgical Mesh Implants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on commissioning a retrospective sample audit of the POP/SUI database to work out the risk percentage of mesh complication experienced by women.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 6d74e44fc37e. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mrs Sharon Hodgson.
2024 general election
Mrs Sharon Hodgson won Washington and Gateshead South at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,682 votes (47.8%), a majority of 6,913 over Paul Donaghy (Reform UK). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Washington and Gateshead South figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.