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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 717 shared comparable votes.

312 same votes 405 different votes 717 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
14 Aye 10 No
Migration 75% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 71% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 69% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 12 No
Trade 66% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 13 No
Benefits 62% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
112
+34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
102
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Elections Bill Third Reading 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jan 2022
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Opposition Day: Value Added Tax on household energy bills 11 Jan 2022
Energy Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API