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Dr Lauren Sullivan vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Dr Lauren Sullivan
Dr Lauren Sullivan
Lab Gravesham
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Dr Lauren Sullivan and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 304 different votes 307 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
5 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
52 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
19 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
19 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

87.5 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
503
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
268
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
235
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
10
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,312
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£154,312
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
6
3 registered categories
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API