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Sir Roger Gale vs Peter Dowd

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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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Peter Dowd voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,004 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 942 different votes 1,004 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
7 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 25 No
Trade 10% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
42 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 113 shared votes
68 Aye 45 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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