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Sir Roger Gale vs Chris Coghlan

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
vs
Photograph of Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan
LD Dorking and Horley

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 163 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 38 different votes 163 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
15 Aye 30 No
Tax 93% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Education 91% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 64% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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