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Mark Ferguson vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 272 different votes 274 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
25 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
25 Aye 52 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
514
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
275
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
239
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % 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

3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
8
-130.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API