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David Smith vs Sir Roger Gale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.
2 same votes
226 different votes
228 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
69.3 %
3 % below average
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,349 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
617
46.1 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
721
53.9 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % 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
60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
95
+24.1 vs Commons average
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
70
-55.8 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API