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Stephen Kinnock vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,031 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 967 different votes 1,031 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
27 Aye 27 No
Trade 11% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 11% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
70 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 118 shared votes
45 Aye 73 No
22 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
Participation
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
779
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 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
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
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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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