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Sir Roger Gale vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Helen Hayes voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,094 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,031 different votes 1,094 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 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
44 Aye 76 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 120 shared votes
73 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 18 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
127
-16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
65 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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
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