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Sir Roger Gale vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Andrew Western voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 282 different votes 285 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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 596 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
1,002 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
356
48.4% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
53
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
330
+175.4 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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