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Sir Roger Gale vs Andy McDonald

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
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Andy McDonald voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,074 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,010 different votes 1,074 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
8 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
44 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 116 shared votes
69 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Migration 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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