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Sir Roger Gale vs Kenneth Stevenson

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 Kenneth Stevenson
Kenneth Stevenson
Lab Airdrie and Shotts

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Kenneth Stevenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 258 different votes 262 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
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
50 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
50 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 382 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
48.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
218
51.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.6% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
10
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£109,998
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£109,998
51% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 112 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
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Voting source Commons Votes API