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Brendan O'Hara vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Brendan O'Hara
Brendan O'Hara
SNP Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 760 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 683 different votes 760 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
68 Aye 55 No
Tax 27% aligned 123 shared votes
42 Aye 81 No
14 Aye 11 No
Energy 16% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 22 No
Benefits 12% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 24 No
Migration 0% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
93
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
3
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

Migration
163 of 171 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API