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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 833 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 777 different votes 833 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
18 Aye 27 No
Trade 13% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
39 Aye 61 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

38
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
33
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
9
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Trade
59 of 91 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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
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