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Sir Roger Gale vs Alice Macdonald

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 Alice Macdonald
Alice Macdonald
Lab Norwich North

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 281 different votes 282 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
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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 595 of 649
Participation
84.9 %
12 % above average
Rank 99 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
575 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
49.4 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
247
50.6 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
34
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 527 of 649
102
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
40
-98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 535 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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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