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Sir Roger Gale vs Torsten Bell

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 Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 247 different votes 249 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
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 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
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
1,370
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
619 eligible divisions
634
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
53.4% of votes cast
736
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.6% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 123 of 650
Appearances
78
-10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
210
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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