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Sir Roger Gale vs Michael Payne

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 Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 301 different votes 303 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
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
51.6% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
224
48.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
27
-127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
48 of 50 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Tax
103 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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