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Cat Eccles vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Cat Eccles
Cat Eccles
Lab Stourbridge
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Cat Eccles and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 194 different votes 198 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
5 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

54.4 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
313
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
138
44.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
175
55.9 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
10
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
99
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,390
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£179,390
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API