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Sir Roger Gale vs Mark Ferguson

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 Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 275 different votes 278 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 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
52 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
52 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
244
46.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
1
-79.0 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
1
-138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 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
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
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