The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Matt Bishop vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 189 different votes 191 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
43 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
22 Aye 43 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
22 Aye 43 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

34
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
45
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
6
2 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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API