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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 2% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 246 different votes 250 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
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 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 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 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 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 599 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
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
39 of 47 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API