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Sir Roger Gale vs Chris Murray

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 Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Chris Murray voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 272 different votes 273 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
46 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
575 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.7 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
228
50.3 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
45
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
102
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
67
-71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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