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Kerry McCarthy vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Kerry McCarthy
Kerry McCarthy
Lab Bristol East
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,121 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,055 different votes 1,121 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 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 9% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
71 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 119 shared votes
45 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
6
0.3% 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

81
-1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 311 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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
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
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
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