MP Expenses
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Current MP

Mrs Sharon HodgsonMP expenses

£17,623 IPSA expenses in 2012-13

Labour · Washington and Gateshead South

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£1,603

Total claimed — selected period (2012-13)

£17,623

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Spend by category — 2012-13

Energy & utility comparison

This MP claimed £88 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £88 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £88 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £88 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £88 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £1,001 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed -£97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed -£3 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

Note: MP expenses may cover multiple properties (e.g. constituency home and Westminster accommodation) and may include office or staff-related costs depending on IPSA's categorisation. Figures are shown as published by IPSA without interpretation.

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This MP claimed £97 for Utilities in 2023-24.

Note: MP expenses may cover multiple properties (e.g. constituency home and Westminster accommodation) and may include office or staff-related costs depending on IPSA's categorisation. Figures are shown as published by IPSA without interpretation.

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Year-on-year trend

Mrs Sharon Hodgson expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Mrs Sharon Hodgson, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£9,140Office Costs (£5,982)40View claims
2024-25£22,256Travel and Subsistence (£22,256)2View claims
2023-24£57,091Office Costs (£23,103)108View claims
2022-23£60,241Office Costs (£23,825)116View claims
2021-22£25,889Travel and Subsistence (£11,455)91View claims
2020-21£39,480Accommodation (£20,236)98View claims
2019-20£58,016Office Costs (£24,361)127View claims
2018-19£18,923Travel and Subsistence (£12,583)74View claims
2017-18£15,367Travel and Subsistence (£9,644)107View claims
2016-17£20,083Travel and Subsistence (£11,512)70View claims
2015-16£12,460Travel and Subsistence (£8,472)102View claims
2014-15£19,640Travel and Subsistence (£12,794)115View claims
2013-14£22,483Travel and Subsistence (£15,014)136View claims
2012-13£17,623Travel and Subsistence (£12,659)100View claims
2011-12£35,367Office Costs (£17,655)119View claims
2010-11£39,498Office Costs (£13,826)142View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

Itemised claims

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SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£602025-2610 Mar 2026PaidComputer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — Equipment purchaseView source
AccommodationUtilities£882025-262 Mar 2026PaidDual Fuel — 2026 03 02 dual fuel bill London accommodationView source
AccommodationUtilities£882025-262 Feb 2026PaidDual Fuel — 2026 02 02 dual fuel bill London accommodationView source
Office CostsSoftware & applications£7382025-2615 Jan 2026Paid2026 01 15 caseworker software subscriptionView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£5422025-269 Jan 2026PaidLandline — 2026 01 09 phone line rental and redirectionView source
AccommodationUtilities£882025-262 Jan 2026PaidDual Fuel — 2026 01 02 dual fuel London accommodationView source
Office CostsPostage & couriers£4032025-2630 Dec 2025Paid2025 12 30 post redirect renewalView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£2952025-2619 Dec 2025PaidOffice furniture — 2025 12 19 office furniture purchaseView source
AccommodationUtilities£882025-262 Dec 2025PaidDual Fuel — 2025 12 02 dual fuel London accommodationView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1162025-2629 Nov 2025Paid2025 11 29 stationery order tonerView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£632025-2619 Nov 2025Paid2025 11 19 Mobile phone MP - claimed at 80% for parli business usageView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1712025-2618 Nov 2025Paid2025 11 18 stationery purchaseView source
AccommodationUtilities£882025-264 Nov 2025PaidDual Fuel — 2025 11 04 dual fuel bill London accommodationView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£652025-2617 Oct 2025Paid2025 10 17 mobile phone MP - claimed at 80% for parli business usageView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£5492025-269 Oct 2025Paid2025 10 09 telephone and line rentalView source
AccommodationUtilities£592025-262 Oct 2025PaidDual Fuel — 2025 10 02 dual fuel bill London accommView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£532025-2617 Sept 2025Paid2025 09 17 mobile phone MP - claimed at 80% for parli business usageView source
AccommodationUtilities£592025-262 Sept 2025PaidDual Fuel — 2025 09 02 dual fuel bill London accommodationView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£652025-2619 Aug 2025Paid2025 08 19 Mobile phone MP claimed at 80% for parliamentary business usageView source
AccommodationUtilities£592025-264 Aug 2025PaidDual Fuel — 2025 08 04 dual fuel bill London accommodationView source
Office CostsEquipment - purchase£752025-2618 Jul 2025PaidOther office equipment — 2025 07 18 equipment purchaseView source
Office CostsMobile telephone - contract & usage£572025-2617 Jul 2025Paid2025 07 17 mobile phone MP claimed at 80% for parliamentary business usageView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£5662025-269 Jul 2025PaidLandline — 2025 07 09 BT landline bill for officeView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1662025-268 Jul 2025PaidXMA August 2025View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2042025-268 Jul 2025PaidXMA August 2025View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental” in 2012-13. Browse all Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Jon Trickett

Labour

£83614 Mar 2013Office Costs to 14.3.13 — Phone usage - constituency office
Sir Roger Gale

Conservative

£5697 Dec 2012Monthly vodafone account — Monthly Vodafone mobile account
Andy McDonald

Labour

£5566 Mar 2013Const. Office Telephone Bill — Telephone Bill for constituency office phones[***]
John McDonnell

Labour

£54111 May 2012office telephone bill — constituency office telephone bill
Mark Garnier

Conservative

£50713 Dec 2012December 2012 Visa — BT PAY BY PHONE Telecommunication Service Including Local and Long
John McDonnell

Labour

£5064 Jul 2012office phone bill — constituency phone bill
Barry Gardiner

Labour

£50513 Mar 20132013 03 Mobile Bill — Mobile bill charges for parliamentary duties
Maria Eagle

Labour

£49320 Aug 2012Payment Card July 2012 — BT BILL PAYMENT 2 Telecommunication Equipment Including Telephone Sa
Mary Glindon

Labour

£48712 Jun 2012Payment Card - June 2012 — BT BILL PAYMENT 2 Telecommunication Equipment Including Telephone Sa
Liam Byrne

Labour

£47713 Jun 2012gpc june 2012 — BT BILL PAYMENT 1 Telecommunication Equipment Including Telephone Sa
Pat McFadden

Labour

£4767 Aug 2012Telephone Usage/Rent — BT Bill [***]
Liam Byrne

Labour

£46326 Mar 2013gpc card mar - apr 13 — BT BILL PAYMENT 1 Telecommunication Equipment Including Telephone Sa ***

Labour average — 2012-13

£21,813

All-MP average — 2012-13

£20,051

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

  • LACA The School Food People - £327.60

    £328
    Registered 20 Jul 2026View source

  • Royal Albert Hall - £592.00

    £592
    Registered 21 Oct 2025View source

  • British Recorded Music Industry - £660.00

    £660
    Registered 21 Oct 2025View source

  • LACA Ltd - £522.00

    £522
    Registered 1 Aug 2025View source

8. Miscellaneous

  • Director and Trustee of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 20 Nov 2024View source

  • Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.

    Registered 31 Oct 2024View source

9. Family members employed

Mrs Sharon Hodgson expenses — common questions

How much did Mrs Sharon Hodgson claim in expenses in 2012-13?
Mrs Sharon Hodgson claimed £17,623 in IPSA business costs in 2012-13. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Mrs Sharon Hodgson claim for?
In 2012-13, Mrs Sharon Hodgson's largest published IPSA category was Travel and Subsistence (£12,659). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Mrs Sharon Hodgson's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.