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Liz Twist vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 927 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 871 different votes 927 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
12 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 7 No
Energy 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
68 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
44 Aye 71 No
11 Aye 16 No
Migration 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

105
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
149
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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
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