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Oliver Ryan vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Oliver Ryan
Oliver Ryan
Lab Burnley
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Oliver Ryan and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 288 different votes 291 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
24 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
24 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.0%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
484
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
227
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
257
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

36
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 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

£234,505
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£234,505
4% above 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API