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Sir Roger Gale vs Sonia Kumar

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 Sonia Kumar
Sonia Kumar
Lab Dudley

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Sonia Kumar voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 292 different votes 294 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
21 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
478
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
52.1% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
229
47.9% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
99
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
110
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 294 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
£195,259
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£195,259
14% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
48 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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