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Douglas McAllister vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Douglas McAllister and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 306 different votes 311 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
18 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
18 Aye 49 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.3%
16% above average
Rank 41 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
521
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
257
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
264
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
17
3.3% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£142,257
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£142,257
37% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API