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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,168 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,092 different votes 1,168 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
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
69 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 116 shared votes
44 Aye 72 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
47
2.4% 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

251
+169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
305
+162.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
9
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
91 of 96 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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