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Sarah Smith vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 198 different votes 201 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 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
43 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
16 Aye 43 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
16 Aye 43 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 549 of 647
Participation
57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 596 of 647
343
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
2,333 eligible divisions
182
53.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
46.1 % of votes cast
161
46.9 % of votes cast
No votes
717
53.9 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

49
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 373 of 647
Appearances
108
+41.2 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 647
67
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 647
Contributions
65
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Energy
14 of 17 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
22 of 27 votes
#2
Defence
51 of 64 votes
Trade
3 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
71 of 91 votes
Tax
80 of 108 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Trade
63 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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