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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 915 shared comparable votes.

184 same votes 731 different votes 915 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
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
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
10 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 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 595 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

112
+34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Appearances
68
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
102
-36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649
Contributions
116
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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