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Chris McDonald vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 256 different votes 258 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
24 Aye 50 No
14 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 238 of 650
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 650
441
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,349 eligible divisions
218
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
46.1 % of votes cast
223
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
721
53.9 % of votes cast
10
2.3 % 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

86
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
95
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
381
+255.2 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
5
3 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 70 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
64 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API