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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 187 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 186 different votes 187 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
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
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

53.2 %
19 % below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
306
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

32
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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

£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 111 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API