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Sir Roger Gale vs Chris Ward

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 Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Chris Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 260 different votes 262 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
72.7%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
51.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
204
48.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
233
+93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 97 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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