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Claire Hughes vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 297 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 296 different votes 297 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
53 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
23 Aye 53 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
23 Aye 53 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 650
510
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
2,350 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
46.1 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
722
53.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

8
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
98
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
8
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
73
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Trade
64 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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