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Sir Roger Gale vs Colum Eastwood

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
vs
Photograph of Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 422 different votes 457 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
Education 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 21% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 13 No
Trade 14% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
15 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 612 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
885
1,658 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
487
55.0% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
398
45.0% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
95
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment 19 Mar 2025
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1 19 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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