Compare

Sir Roger Gale vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Chris McDonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 281 different votes 283 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 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 250 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.5% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
95
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
415
+260.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650

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
6
4 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
73 of 96 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API