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Sir Roger Gale vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 156 different votes 158 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 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
35 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
35 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
44.7%
28% below average
Rank 630 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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

127
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
Appearances
48
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
113
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
209
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 10 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 114 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API