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Sir Roger Gale vs Rebecca Smith

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
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

239 same votes 0 different votes 239 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
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
19 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
Participation
70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 429 of 649
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
403
575 eligible divisions
620
46.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
46.9 % of votes cast
727
54.0 % of votes cast
No votes
214
53.1 % of votes cast
30
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Appearances
140
+62.1 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
251
+112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
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