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Sir Roger Gale vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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
vs
Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 196 different votes 268 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
3 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 42% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 32% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 29% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
232
+148.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
347
+201.3 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
4 of 4 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 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
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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