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Sir Roger Gale vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Jo Platt voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 581 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 559 different votes 581 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
7 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 4 No
Migration 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 104 shared votes
66 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 69 No
Tax 0% aligned 100 shared votes
69 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 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
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
54
-91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
No
Mr Baron's motion B (No deal) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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