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Sir Roger Gale vs Catherine McKinnell

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

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Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 969 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 908 different votes 969 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 11 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 22 No
Trade 11% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
46 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 121 shared votes
72 Aye 49 No
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% 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
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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
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
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
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