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Samantha Dixon vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Samantha Dixon and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 255 different votes 257 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
735
999 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
361
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
374
50.9% 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
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

75
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 649
Appearances
110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
288
+142.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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

£667,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£311,379
38% 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

Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Trade
20 of 23 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Migration
83 of 97 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API