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Sir Roger Gale vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Catherine West voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,024 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 963 different votes 1,024 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 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
45 Aye 78 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 123 shared votes
75 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Migration 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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
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
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
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
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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