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Sir Roger Gale vs Melanie Ward

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Melanie Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 250 different votes 253 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
6 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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

56.9 %
16 % below average
Rank 597 of 647
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 294 of 647
1,323
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
409
538 eligible divisions
607
45.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
50.6 % of votes cast
716
54.1 % of votes cast
No votes
202
49.4 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.9 % of votes cast
43 years, 0 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 647
Appearances
72
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 647
66
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 647
Contributions
93
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Transport
71 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API