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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 274 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 272 different votes 274 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
9 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
445
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.1% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
69
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
222
+67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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
£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
10 of 10 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
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