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Sir Roger Gale vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Ruth Jones voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 703 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 666 different votes 703 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
5 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 15 No
Trade 14% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 15 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 18 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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