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Sir Roger Gale vs Mr James Frith

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 James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Mr James Frith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 554 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 533 different votes 554 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
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
36 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 102 shared votes
64 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
64 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 64 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
64 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
590 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
49.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
227
50.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
96
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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
39 of 47 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
No
Mr Baron's motion B (No deal) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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