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Sir Roger Gale vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 279 different votes 281 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
45 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
45 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.9% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
223
48.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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
Housing
30 of 31 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report and compensation scheme): Ten Minute Rule Motion 28 Jan 2025
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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