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Dr Allison Gardner vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Dr Allison Gardner
Dr Allison Gardner
Lab Stoke-on-Trent South
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Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Dr Allison Gardner 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
50 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
22 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
22 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 89 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
503
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
248
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
255
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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

73
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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

£200,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£200,981
11% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Housing
31 of 32 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
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