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Sir Roger Gale vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,022 different votes 1,084 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 11 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
44 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 116 shared votes
69 Aye 47 No
6 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 7% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% 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
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
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 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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