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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 158 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 156 different votes 158 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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

£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
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API