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Sir Roger Gale vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,045 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 982 different votes 1,045 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
6 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 21 No
Energy 9% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 25 No
Trade 8% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
130
+47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
202
+58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Government Amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendment 92 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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