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Nick Smith vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,005 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 939 different votes 1,005 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
15 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 9 No
Energy 10% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
55 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 87 shared votes
31 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

95
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
125
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
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
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