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Sir Roger Gale vs Sarah Coombes

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 Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 277 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 275 different votes 277 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
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
47 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
47 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% 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 598 of 649
Participation
80.6%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
50.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
234
49.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API