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Sir Roger Gale vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 349 different votes 353 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
6 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 596 of 650
Participation
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 4 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
578
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
287
49.7% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.3% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Appearances
75
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
110
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API