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Sir Roger Gale vs Michael Shanks

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 Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Michael Shanks voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 238 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 235 different votes 238 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
807 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
46.5% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
111
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
566
+411.4 vs Commons average
Rank 18 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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