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Sir Roger Gale vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and John McDonnell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,080 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,012 different votes 1,080 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
5 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 33 No
Education 8% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 26 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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