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Sir Roger Gale vs Bill Esterson

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 Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Bill Esterson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 969 different votes 1,035 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 12 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
14 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 22 No
Energy 9% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
43 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
31 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
39 of 47 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 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 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
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
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