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Sir Roger Gale vs James McMurdock

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and James McMurdock voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

152 same votes 4 different votes 156 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
15 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
15 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 10 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
15 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Contributions
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API