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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 154 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 153 different votes 154 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.1 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
265
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
117
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
148
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API