<img src="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/briefs/2025/09/11/TELEMMGLPICT000439459815_17575831308900_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqXRKtaWbp455n7kdM3n1ZZEgWNQjy5a4MfTZGl53FvQc.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard" alt="Labour MP’s constituency office ‘set on fire’" width="100%" height="auto"><div class="component article-body-text " data-test="article-body-text"> The constituency office of a Labour MP has been hit with a suspected arson attack.Police are investigating after a fire at the office of Sharon Hodgson, the MP for Washington and Gateshead South, in the Concord area of Washington, Northumbria.Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service said they attended the fire at 12.10am on Thursday morning.It took six firefighters to extinguish the blaze.&nbsp;The fire was put out at 5.56am, but firefighters re-attended at 6.30am after police reported a “small amount of smoke”.&nbsp;A spokesman said: “The multi-occupied building is used as office accommodation and the fire involved two office units. There were no injuries.”Investigations are continuing into Thursday to establish the cause.&nbsp; </div>

Message spray painted on Sharon Hodgson’s office says ‘328 days of blood on your hands’{ai:summary}Sharon Hodgson’s Labour MP constituency office in Washington and Gateshead South was hit by a suspected arson attack.Firefighters were called at 12:10am Thursday; two office units damaged, extinguished by 5:56am, re-attended at 6:30am for smoke. No injuries; investigations ongoing. #politics

Labour MP’s constituency office ‘set on fire’

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