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Sir Roger Gale vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,191 shared comparable votes.

1,158 same votes 33 different votes 1,191 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
68 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
68 Aye 47 No
29 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 36 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
48 Aye 85 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 133 shared votes
48 Aye 85 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 94% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
61 Aye 90 No
Tax 99% aligned 151 shared votes
59 Aye 92 No

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

Voting record

57.1%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 191 of 650
1,382
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,422 eligible divisions
638
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
47.9% of votes cast
744
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,012
52.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

139
+43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
87
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
123
-43.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Contributions
122
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 326 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 212 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Housing
49 of 68 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API