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Sir Roger Gale vs Alex Ballinger

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 Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 251 different votes 252 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
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
1,351
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
580 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
47.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
228
52.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649
Appearances
70
-8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
101
-36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Contributions
119
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API