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Sir Roger Gale vs Blair McDougall

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Blair McDougall voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 237 different votes 240 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
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
42 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
42 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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 597 of 647
Participation
74.9 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 647
1,323
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
538 eligible divisions
607
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
208
51.6 % of votes cast
716
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
195
48.4 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 647
Appearances
36
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 647
65
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 647
Contributions
194
+79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
71 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
Transport
23 of 25 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API