Sharon Hodgson
Sharon Hodgson | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 3 March 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ashley Dalton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Washington and Gateshead South Gateshead East and Washington West (2005–2010) Washington and Sunderland West (2010–2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 May 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joyce Quin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 6,913 (18.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Finance Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 7 March 2023 – 30 May 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Nick Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Steve Barclay | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Government Whip | |||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 10 June 2009 – 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 April 1966 Gateshead, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Newcastle College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sharon Hodgson (born 1 April 1966) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Washington and Gateshead South since 2024, and previously for Washington and Sunderland West and Gateshead East and Washington West from 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she chaired the Finance Committee from 2023 to 2024.
She has served as Minister for Public Health and Prevention in the Department of Health and Social Care since March 2026.