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Sir Roger Gale vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Jas Athwal voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 317 different votes 320 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
23 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
52 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
521
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
48.0% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
271
52.0% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
53
-35.8 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
64
-90.6 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 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