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Jeff Smith vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 858 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 801 different votes 858 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
11 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Trade 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% 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

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
71
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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 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
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
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
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
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Second Reading 3 Nov 2021
Energy
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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