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Sir Roger Gale vs Alex Burghart

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 Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Alex Burghart voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

1,107 same votes 25 different votes 1,132 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
63 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
63 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 35 No
Trade 94% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
52 Aye 85 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 137 shared votes
54 Aye 83 No
53 Aye 101 No
Tax 99% aligned 154 shared votes
51 Aye 103 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
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,162 eligible divisions
636
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
886
48.2% of votes cast
741
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.8% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
178
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
Brexit / EU
189 of 189 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 90 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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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