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Sir Roger Gale vs Alberto Costa

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

Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Alberto Costa voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

1,196 same votes 27 different votes 1,223 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
67 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
67 Aye 57 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 28 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 24 No
Housing 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 90% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 92% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
50 Aye 77 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 127 shared votes
53 Aye 74 No
31 Aye 39 No
Transport 99% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No

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

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
Participation
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 650
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,953
2,417 eligible divisions
636
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
925
47.4% of votes cast
741
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
23
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
24
-140.6 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
30
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
39 of 47 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
No rebel
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 6B and propose amendments (a) to (c) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1B 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye rebel
Environment Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 39 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
No
Aye rebel
Environment Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 5 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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