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Sir Roger Gale vs Matthew Patrick

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 Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 267 different votes 269 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 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

57.1%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.0% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
238
51.0% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.7% 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
28
-52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
95
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 336 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23% 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API