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Sir Roger Gale vs Pat McFadden

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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Photograph of Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Pat McFadden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 926 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 866 different votes 926 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
8 Aye 13 No
Energy 14% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
26 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 73 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 119 shared votes
70 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 10 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Second Reading 3 Nov 2021
Energy
Aye
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