UK Parliament · member 1521
Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Member for this seat since
- 5 May 2005
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Mrs Sharon Hodgson, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- LACA The School Food People - £327.60 — £328 (registered 20 July 2026)
- British Recorded Music Industry - £660.00 (registered 21 October 2025)
- Royal Albert Hall - £592.00 (registered 21 October 2025)
- LACA Ltd - £522.00 (registered 1 August 2025)
Miscellaneous
- Director and Trustee of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role. (registered 20 November 2024)
- Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. (registered 31 October 2024)
Family members employed
- Alan Hodgson employed
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 380 recorded divisions where Mrs Sharon Hodgson and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way as most voting Labour members 380 times (100.0%).
This compares Mrs Sharon Hodgson with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £9,140 across 40 claim lines; 2024-25: £282,418 across 113 claim lines; 2023-24: £275,039 across 129 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 26 | £5,982 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 14 | £3,158 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £224,704 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 17 | £23,609 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 73 | £22,977 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 12 | £8,541 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 9 | £2,587 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 7 | £220,157 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 70 | £23,103 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 31 | £21,580 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 13 | £8,141 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 8 | £2,057 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2010 | Office Costs · Install/Maint Office Equip. | 2010 07 fire extinguisher serv — 2010 07 fire extinguisher maintenance | £100 | Paid |
| 16 May 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | 2018 05 16 office shredding — Shredding | £100 | Paid |
| 18 September 2019 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - contract & usage | 2019 09 18 mobile phone MP claimed at 80% for Parliamentary business usage | £99 | Paid |
| 3 May 2011 | Accommodation · Council Tax | 2011 04-05 payment card det. — LAMBETH INTERNET PAYM Government Services-Not Elsewhere Classified | £988 | Paid |
| 1 April 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Rent | — | £986 | Paid |
| 4 April 2012 | Accommodation · Council Tax | 2012 03 29 -04 19 payment card — LAMBETH INTERNET PAYM Government Services-Not Elsewhere Classified | £986 | Paid |
| 31 March 2023 | Staff Travel · Subsistence | Aggregated figure for travel during 2022-23 | £99 | Paid |
| 16 December 2014 | Staffing · Public Tr UND Volunteer | 2014 12 09-16 JWB interntravel — Travelcard JWB Intern - Weekly travelcard zones 1 - 3 | £99 | Paid |
| 17 August 2018 | Office Costs · Install/Maint Office Equip. | 2018 08 17 fire extinguisher — office fire extinguisher service | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2022 | MP Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2021-22 | £98 | Paid |
| 20 April 2016 | Accommodation · Gas | 2016 04 08-24 paymentcard — BRITISH GAS.CO.UK - Household Appliance Stores | £98 | Paid |
| 1 April 2016 | Accommodation · Accommodation Rent | — | £970 | Paid |
| 31 March 2018 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2017-18 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2017-18 | £9,644 | Paid |
| 3 April 2019 | Accommodation · Council tax | LAMBETH INTERNET PAYM | £963 | Paid |
| 3 June 2024 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — 2024 06 03 dual fuel payment for London accommodation | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Government posts, as Parliament records them
2 government posts since 2010 in Parliament’s record for this member, with the dates and the department it gives. A post is an appointment; nothing here says how it was discharged.
| 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 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence), the member’s own biography record. Posts before May 2010 are not loaded.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.