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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
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Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 400 different votes 406 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 3 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
29 Aye 44 No
34 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
6 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.8 %
10 % below average
Rank 542 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
361
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
170
47.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
191
52.9 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
583
+444.7 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
5
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 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
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
Aye
Unaccompanied Children in Greece and Italy 1 Mar 2017
Education
Aye
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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