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Sir Roger Gale vs Gareth Thomas

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 Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 914 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 856 different votes 914 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
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 26 No
Trade 8% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
45 Aye 76 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 121 shared votes
73 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
Aye
Adjournment (Conference, November and Christmas) 23 Jun 2021
Aye
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