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Sir Roger Gale vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,023 different votes 1,081 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
8 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
43 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 114 shared votes
68 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 37 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
39 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
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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