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Sir Roger Gale vs Lee Barron

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 Lee Barron
Lee Barron
Lab Corby and East Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Lee Barron voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 268 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 266 different votes 268 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
49 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
49 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
235
53.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.6% of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 527 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
£218,179
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£218,179
4% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Education
42 of 50 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API