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Sir Roger Gale vs David Taylor

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 David Taylor
David Taylor
Lab Hemel Hempstead

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and David Taylor voted the same way 0% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 286 different votes 287 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
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
46 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 130 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
575 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
242
50.4 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
238
49.6 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
29
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 649
102
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649
Contributions
35
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 553 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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