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Sir Roger Gale vs Jim McMahon

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

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Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Jim McMahon voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 997 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 933 different votes 997 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
4 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
42 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 110 shared votes
65 Aye 45 No
25 Aye 24 No
Trade 8% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 22 No
Benefits 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
64 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 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
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
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
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