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Hudson broke from his party once in the past year -- backing the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at third reading in March 2025, a significant cross-party public health measure his Conservative colleagues mostly opposed. His veterinary background almost certainly informs his outlier positions: he votes more frequently than fellow Conservatives on climate action (+11 percentage points above his party) and criminal justice reform, and his speeches cluster heavily around environment, agriculture and health -- the same issues that dominate his local press coverage, which includes praising a youth council vaping report and opposing green belt development near Theydon Bois.

At 99.7% party alignment across all other votes, Hudson is otherwise a reliable Conservative loyalist. His participation rate of 74% is slightly below the Commons average. He votes strongly for business interests (92%), parliamentary scrutiny (90%), and against tax increases (87%), while rarely backing workers' rights (6%) or progressive taxation (3%). His most consistent deviating pattern is deference to Lords scrutiny -- 100% aligned on pro-Lords votes and 18 percentage points above his party average on resisting Lords reform, visible in his votes this April opposing the government's position across multiple Lords amendment disputes on the Pension Schemes Bill and English Devolution Bill.

Outside the chamber, Hudson holds no current select committee seat. His local news footprint is active but roughly neutral in tone across 78 articles in the past 90 days, led by crime coverage (31 articles, near-zero sentiment). He has spoken in 230 contributions across 118 debates, most recently on 23 April 2026. Rebel vote and speech data are available; detailed debate transcripts underlying some recent votes are limited.