Compare

Sir Roger Gale vs Melanie Ward

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 Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward
Lab Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Melanie Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 273 different votes 277 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
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
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 292 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.5% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
223
50.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7% 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
69
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
39 of 47 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API