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Sir Roger Gale vs Emily Thornberry

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 Emily Thornberry
Emily Thornberry
Lab Islington South and Finsbury

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 886 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 837 different votes 886 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
5 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 23 No
Trade 10% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 109 shared votes
67 Aye 42 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 9 No
Migration 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 238 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
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