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Cat Smith vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 972 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 914 different votes 972 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
11 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 22 No
Trade 11% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
66 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 112 shared votes
43 Aye 69 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
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
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Second Reading 3 Nov 2021
Energy
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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