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Sir Roger Gale vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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

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Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Mr Alistair Carmichael
LD Orkney and Shetland

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 923 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 734 different votes 923 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
18 Aye 25 No
Education 56% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
45 Aye 95 No
Tax 40% aligned 140 shared votes
71 Aye 69 No
9 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 36% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 25% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 8 No
Migration 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

56.8%
16% below average
Rank 597 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 650
1,355
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,387 eligible divisions
624
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
57.5% of votes cast
731
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
677
42.5% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

116
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
81
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
102
-47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
123
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
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