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Matt Western vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Matt Western
Matt Western
Lab Warwick and Leamington
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 874 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 820 different votes 874 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
13 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
68 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 116 shared votes
45 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 22 No
Trade 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% 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

93
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
109
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
3
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
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 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 Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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