Sharon Hodgson
Sharon Hodgson Gateshead East and Washington West (2005–2010) | |||||||||||
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| Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joyce Quin | ||||||||||
| Majority | 3,723 (9.9%) | ||||||||||
| Chair of the Finance Committee | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 March 2023 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nick Brown | ||||||||||
| Assistant Government Whip | |||||||||||
| In office 10 June 2009 – 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1966 Gateshead, County Durham, England | ||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||
| Education | Newcastle College | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
Sharon Hodgson (born 1 April 1966) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Washington and Sunderland West, previously Gateshead East and Washington West, since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she has chaired the Finance Committee since 2023.
Early life
Hodgson was born in
Hodgson later worked for
In 2000, she became the local Party organiser for two years in the
She was elected for two years as the women's officer within the Tyne Bridge Constituency Labour Party (CLP) in 1998. In 2002, she was elected as the secretary of the Mitcham and Morden CLP in the London Borough of Merton.
Parliamentary career
In 2004, Hodgson was chosen as the official Labour candidate for
Following boundary changes, the constituency of Gateshead East and Washington West was abolished and replaced by two new seats, Gateshead and Washington and Sunderland West at the 2010 general election. David Clelland, then MP for Tyne Bridge, was chosen in December 2006 by Labour Party members to become the candidate for the Gateshead constituency at the next general election.
Following her failure to be selected for the Gateshead seat, Hodgson announced her intention to run for selection as the Labour Party candidate for the new Washington and Sunderland West seat in September 2007, and she was selected. She was elected as the MP for that seat in the 2010 general election with a majority of 11,458.[4]
In Parliament, she has served on several
In opposition, the then
Affiliations and views
Hodgson is a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.[10][11]
Personal life
Hodgson is married to Alan Hodgson, whom she employed as a Parliamentary caseworker.[12]
References
- ^ "Westminster dream of a working class girl". Darlington and Stockton Times. 5 July 2004. Archived from the original on 17 January 2014.
- ^ "All-women shortlists" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 21 October 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2012.
- ^ "The Economy and Welfare Reform". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 25 May 2005. col. 803–806. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Washington & Sunderland West". BBC News. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
- UK Parliament. Archivedfrom the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Labour Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Price, Daniel (11 October 2016). "Wearside MP Sharon Hodgson 'honoured' after returning to shadow cabinet – three months after resigning". Sunderland Echo. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ Stewart, Heather (14 May 2021). "Keir Starmer appoints northern MP to build bridges with backbenchers". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "MPs flock to support Labour Israel group". The Jewish Chronicle. 22 September 2016.
- ^ Harpin, Lee (7 August 2019). "Dame Louise Ellman becomes new Labour Friends of Israel chair". Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 2". House of Commons. 27 March 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
