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Sir Roger Gale vs Jack Abbott

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 Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Jack Abbott voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 314 different votes 319 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
51 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
51 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 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
90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
536
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
49.4% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
271
50.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
29
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£181,221
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£181,221
20% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API