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Gerald Jones vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,064 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 996 different votes 1,064 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
14 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
68 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 113 shared votes
42 Aye 71 No
17 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,925
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,075
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
850
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

31
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
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
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