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Sarah Edwards vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 209 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 208 different votes 209 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
45 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
15 Aye 45 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
15 Aye 45 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
470
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
263
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
207
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

40
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
113
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
56
-82.4 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Contributions
102
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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

Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Tax
97 of 138 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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