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Sir Roger Gale vs Paula Barker

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 Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Paula Barker voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 698 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 658 different votes 698 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 6 No
Brexit / EU 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 392 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
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
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
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