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Sir Roger Gale vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 956 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 900 different votes 956 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
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 16% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 10% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 114 shared votes
68 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
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
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
Aye
Proceedings during the pandemic 16 Jun 2021
Aye
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