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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 258 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 256 different votes 258 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 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 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 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 599 of 648
Participation
82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 648
1,314
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
526 eligible divisions
600
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
51.1 % of votes cast
714
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
213
48.9 % of votes cast
30
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 648
63
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 648
Contributions
53
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648

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
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
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
35 of 43 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Transport
68 of 87 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
63 of 88 votes
#5
Education
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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