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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.

Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
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Photograph of Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 137 different votes 138 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 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
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 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 599 of 648
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,314
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
600
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
714
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
63
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 648
Contributions
118
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648

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
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Transport
68 of 87 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API