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Sir Roger Gale vs Chris McDonald

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 Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Chris McDonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 263 different votes 265 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
24 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
50 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
50 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
77.7%
6% above average
Rank 252 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
49.3% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
229
50.7% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.2% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
93
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
407
+267.6 vs Commons average
Rank 33 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API