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Sir Roger Gale vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Keir Mather voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 244 different votes 247 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
75.5%
4% above average
Rank 293 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
595
788 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
48.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
304
51.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
103
+23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
507
+367.6 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API