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Alan Gemmell vs Sir Roger Gale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 266 different votes 267 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
51 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,349 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
46.1 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
721
53.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
95
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
70
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
64 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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