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Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP

Labour · Washington and Gateshead South · DH3 1RD

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyWashington and Gateshead South
First elected5 May 2005
ResultLab Hold
GenderF
Emailsharon.hodgson.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 5160
Websitehttp://www.sharonhodgson.org/

Election results

Results for Washington and Gateshead South at the most recent general election.

Sharon Hodgson
Labour 17682 47.8%
Paul Donaghy
Reform UK 10769 29.1%
Shaun Parsons
Conservative 4654 12.6%
Michal Chantkowski
Green Party 1687 4.6%
Ciaran Morrissey
Liberal Democrat 1602 4.3%
Sharon McLafferty
Independent 627 1.7%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) 3 March 2026 Present
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) 10 June 2009 6 May 2010

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Defence) 10 April 2020 14 May 2021
Shadow Minister (Public Health) 9 January 2018 10 April 2020
Shadow Minister (Public Health) 9 October 2016 9 January 2018
Shadow Minister (Education) 8 May 2015 27 June 2016
Shadow Minister (Equalities) 7 October 2013 18 September 2015
Shadow Minister (Education) 8 October 2010 7 October 2013
Opposition Whip (Commons) 10 May 2010 8 October 2010

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Regulatory Reform 12 July 2005 6 May 2010
Ecclesiastical Committee 26 October 2010 30 March 2015
Ecclesiastical Committee 19 July 2005 5 May 2005
European Scrutiny Committee 12 December 2005 17 July 2006
Children, Schools and Families 26 November 2007 6 May 2010
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
Finance Committee (Commons) 7 March 2023 30 May 2024
Finance Committee (Commons) 28 February 2023 30 May 2024
Liaison Committee (Commons) 7 March 2023 30 May 2024
House of Commons Commission 8 March 2023 4 December 2024
Public Accounts Commission 8 March 2023 17 December 2024
Members Estimate Committee 4 September 2024 4 December 2024
Members Estimate Committee 8 March 2023 30 May 2024
Restoration and Renewal Client Board 22 July 2024 4 December 2024
Restoration and Renewal Client Board 8 March 2023 30 May 2024
Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission 27 March 2023 4 December 2024

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Washington and Gateshead South Present
Washington and Sunderland West Present
Gateshead East and Washington West Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 5 May 2005 Present