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Sir Roger Gale vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 403 different votes 410 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
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 9 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 40 shared votes
34 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

113
+33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
70
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
101
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Contributions
585
+446.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Housing
37 of 66 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
Aye
Unaccompanied Children in Greece and Italy 1 Mar 2017
Education
Aye
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
HS2: report stage: Third Reading 23 Mar 2016
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API