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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Ms Marie Rimmer
Ms Marie Rimmer
Lab St Helens South and Whiston
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 954 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 898 different votes 954 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
12 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
69 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
43 Aye 72 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,652
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
883
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
769
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
32
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Education
77 of 96 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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
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