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Sir Roger Gale vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,076 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,076 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 10 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
43 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 115 shared votes
69 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 26 No
Trade 8% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
622
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
729
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
66 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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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