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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

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
Participation
11.4%
60% below average
Rank 639 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
270
2,368 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
43.7% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
152
56.3% 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
28 years, 10 months
Since 6 Nov 1997

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
51
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
224
+84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 102 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
£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
Work / Employment
25 of 77 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
20 of 71 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Education
24 of 96 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 47 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
15 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API