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Sir Roger Gale vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 862 different votes 925 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 9 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 107 shared votes
62 Aye 45 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 10 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
349
+206.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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