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Sojan Joseph vs Sir Roger Gale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 323 different votes 326 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
6 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
25 Aye 53 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
25 Aye 53 No
21 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

93.6 %
21 % above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
538
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
274
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
264
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
12
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
112
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API