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Sir Roger Gale vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 279 different votes 282 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
53 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
53 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 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
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
236
49.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
54
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
66
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API