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Sir Roger Gale vs Derek Twigg

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

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Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
vs
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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Derek Twigg voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 795 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 739 different votes 795 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 10 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 12 No
Trade 11% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 86 shared votes
56 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
52
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
39
-103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
39 of 47 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
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
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