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Sir Roger Gale vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and David Simmonds voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 759 shared comparable votes.

741 same votes 18 different votes 759 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
47 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 85% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 14 No
Trade 90% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
43 Aye 77 No
Tax 98% aligned 120 shared votes
41 Aye 79 No
47 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 83 shared votes
47 Aye 36 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 594 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,413
1,699 eligible divisions
636
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
48.1% of votes cast
741
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
733
51.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
111
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
168
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 205 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API