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Sir Roger Gale vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,020 different votes 1,081 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
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 11% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
46 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 121 shared votes
72 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
80 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
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
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
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
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
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