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Ed Miliband vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 774 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 715 different votes 774 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 4 No
Education 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
65 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 99 shared votes
34 Aye 65 No
25 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 20 No
Migration 0% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
724
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
583
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

54
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
633
+490.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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
171 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Trade
60 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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
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