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Sir Roger Gale vs Dr Scott Arthur

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 Scott Arthur
Dr Scott Arthur
Lab Edinburgh South West

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 261 different votes 264 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 647
Participation
82.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 647
1,323
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
443
537 eligible divisions
607
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.4 % of votes cast
716
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
224
50.6 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 647
Appearances
168
+104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 647
66
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 647
Contributions
247
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
71 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API