Voting Record — Roger Gale MP, North Thanet (10217)

Roger Gale

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	21 votes out of 490, 4.3%	490 votes out of 1069, 45.8%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	7 votes out of 363, 1.9%	363 votes out of 463, 78.4%	0 times
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	2 votes out of 296, 0.7%	296 votes out of 467, 63.4%	0 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	13 votes out of 630, 2.1%	630 votes out of 1239, 50.8%	2 times
5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	5 votes out of 729, 0.7%	729 votes out of 1288, 56.6%	0 times
7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Con	25 votes out of 783, 3.2%	783 votes out of 1246, 62.8%	3 times
1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Con	16 votes out of 713, 2.2%	713 votes out of 1273, 56.0%	1 time

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
30 May 2024	Stopped being Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
30 May 2024	Stopped being Deputy Speaker,
19 Dec 2022	Became Deputy Speaker,
Commons	30 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill — Clause 35 — Report on Assessing and Meeting Workforce Needs	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Nov 2021	Health and Care Bill — Clause 34 — Report on Assessing and Meeting Workforce Needs	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Jul 2021	International Aid: Treasury Update	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Apr 2021	Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Legislative Proposals Relating to Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Apr 2021	Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Apr 2021	Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Mar 2021	Fire Safety Bill — After Clause 2 — Prohibition on Passing Remediation Costs on to Leaseholders and Tenants	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2021	Trade Bill — International Trade Agreements and Treaties	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Feb 2021	Trade Bill — After Clause 2 — Parliamentary Approval of International Trade Agreements and Treaties	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2021	Environment Bill — Clause 7 — Environmental Improvement Plans — Reports to Parliament on Plant Protection Products	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2021	Environment Bill — New Clause 5 — State of Nature Target	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Jan 2021	Trade Bill — After Clause 2 — Parliamentary Approval of Trade Agreements	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 48 — Power to Provide Financial Assistance for Economic Development etc	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Dec 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Clause 47 — Further Provision Related to Sections 44 and 45 etc — Northern Ireland Regulations — Compatibility with Domestic and International Law	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Nov 2020	Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 — Duty to Seek Equivalence on Agri-Food Standards in Relation to Future Trade	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2020	Agriculture Bill — New Clause After Clause 42 — Requirement for Agricultural and Food Imports to Meet Domestic Standards	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Sep 2020	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — Second Reading — Free Movement of Goods and Professionals Within the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2020	Trade Bill — New Clause 4 — Parliamentary Approval — Trade Agreements	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Jul 2020	Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Workers’ Services Provided Through Intermediaries — Responsibility for Determining if Off-Payroll Working Rules Apply	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Jul 2020	Finance Bill — New Clause 1 — Report on Impact of Refunding Tax Paid on Income Received via Loans Which Were Unlikley to be Repaid	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 May 2020	Agriculture Bill — New Clause 2 — International trade Agreements: Agricultural and Food Products — Compliance with UK and Word Trade Organisation Standards	minority	no	Rebel
4 Mar 2020	Became Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
15 Jan 2020	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
6 Nov 2019	Stopped being Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
Commons	4 Sep 2019	European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill — Clause 1 — Purpose of Delaying Withdrawal — Content of Bill to Implement Withdrawl Agreement	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — Lords Amendments — Abortion — Marriage and Civil Partnerships — Transparency etc.	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2019	Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill — New Clause 1 — Marriage of Same-Sex Couples	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (O) — Seeking Preferential Trade Arrangements To Apply In Absense of Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2019	EU Withdrawal and Future Relationship Votes — Motion (B) — Leave Without a Deal on 12 April 2019	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union — Delay Withdrawal if MPs Agree Withdrawal Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2019	UK Withdrawal from the European Union	Majority	aye	Rebel
31 Oct 2017	Became Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
22 Jun 2017	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Panel of Chairs
3 May 2017	Stopped being Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
Commons	30 Nov 2016	Iraq War — Investigation into Contrasts Between Public Statements and Private Policy	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Feb 2016	Draft State Pension and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016	minority	aye	Rebel
28 Oct 2015	Became Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
30 Mar 2015	Stopped being Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Full Member),
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — Clause 70 — Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders — Threshold	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Feb 2015	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Make Same Sex Marriage Available to Armed Forces Personnel Outside the United Kingdom	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Amendments to Acts of Parliament in Light of the Introduction of Same Sex Marriage in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Changes to Laws on Consular Marriage Following Introduction of Same Sex Marriages in Parts of the UK	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Registration of Armed Forces Chapels for Same Sex Marriages	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Proceedures for Consenting to Registration of Shared Places of Worship for Same Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Mar 2014	Same Sex Marriage — Enabling Courts to Deal with Divorce or Annulment Proceedings	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Feb 2014	Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When A Person Under 18 is Present	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Jan 2014	Mesothelioma Bill — Clause 4 — Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme to Be At Least 80% of Average Civil Compensation Payments	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 10 — Civil Partnerships for All Couples	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 16 — Review Civil Partnerships Following Introduction of Same-Sex Marriage	minority	aye	Rebel
23 Jan 2012	Became Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Full Member),
23 Jan 2012	Stopped being Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of Hand-held Electronic Devices and Social Media in the Chamber (Backbench Business)	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	10 Feb 2011	Backbench Business — Voting by Prisoners	tellaye	aye	Teller
10 Nov 2010	Became Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Apr 2010	Business of the House – wash-up period	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Mar 2010	Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
11 Jun 2007	Became Member, Procedure Committee
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 7 (100 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Feb 2006	Health Bill — Schedule 8 — Minor and consequential amendments	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
11 Apr 2005	Stopped being Member, Broadcasting Committee
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Car Mileage Allowance	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Jan 2005	Connecting Parliament with the Public	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Nov 2004	Hunting Bill — Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2004	Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	15 Sep 2004	Hunting Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Jun 2004	Human Tissue Bill — New Clause 1 — Determination of consent for removal, storage and use of organs from Adults for purpose of transplantation	minority	no	Rebel
28 May 2004	Became Member, Broadcasting Committee
Commons	12 May 2004	Deferred Division — Visitor Facilities	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 May 2004	Visitor Facilities	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 May 2004	Visitor Facilities	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	22 Apr 2004	Points of Order	minority	no	Rebel
31 Jul 2003	Stopped being Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 14 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Mink	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 11 — Registration in Respect of Hunting of Foxes	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Jun 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 6 — Use of Dogs Below Ground (No. 2)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jun 2003	Fireworks Bill — Clause 10 — Training Courses	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Jun 2003	Fireworks Bill — Clause 1 — Introduction	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	16 Dec 2002	Hunting Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2002	Hunting with Dogs: Ban	Majority	no	Rebel
1 Aug 2001	Became Vice-Chair, Conservative Party,
Commons	11 Jul 2001	Deferred Divisions — Education — Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2001	Deferred Divisions — Education — Northern Ireland	minority	aye	Rebel
House	Date	Subject	Roger Gale	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	27 Feb 2001	Hunting Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill - Hunting with dogs: regulation	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2001	Hunting Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Hunting Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Deregulation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Dec 2000	Deferred Divisions - Fisheries: Total Allowable Catches and Quotas 2001	both	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	14 May 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill - Offences relating to fur farming	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 May 1999	Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill - Appropriate authority responsibility for forfeited animals	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Circumstances in which shooting is unsafe or impractical	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Hunting beginning in the Republic of Ireland	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Gun Packs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Mink	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Power to amend	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	6 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Mar 1998	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill - Fox control in national parks	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	28 Nov 1997	Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill	Majority	no	Rebel
26 Jun 1997	Became Member, Panel of Chairs
16 Mar 1992	Stopped being Member, Home Affairs Committee
16 Nov 1989	Stopped being Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
1 Oct 1987	Became Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member),
17 Jun 1987	Became Member, Home Affairs Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
75%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
75%	Academy Schools - for
13%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
20%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
68%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
65%	Apprenticeships
25%	Assisted Dying
66%	Asylum System - More strict
90%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
99%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
99%	Ban fox hunting
17%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
25%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
38%	Business and community control of schools: For
58%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
72%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
1%	Control Orders
0%	Corporal punishment of children - Against
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
79%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
75%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
71%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
68%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
25%	Easier access to abortion
70%	Employee Shareholder Status
42%	Employment rights
66%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
23%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
40%	Environmental water quality
61%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
29%	European Union Integration - For
84%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
81%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
24%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
27%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
10%	Foundation hospitals - In favour
99%	Fox hunting - Ban
58%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
79%	Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
40%	Fully Elected House of Lords
24%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
12%	Further devolution to Scotland
29%	Further devolution to Wales
34%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
94%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
33%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
12%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
66%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
42%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
5%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
78%	HS2 - In Favour
29%	Human Rights and Equality
44%	Identity cards - For introduction
48%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
42%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
57%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
60%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
91%	Increase the state pension age
63%	Increase VAT
33%	Inheritance Tax
98%	Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
97%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
6%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
14%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
14%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
38%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
70%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
48%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
50%	Mansion Tax
66%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
60%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
83%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
15%	Minimum Wage
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
25%	More funds for social care
36%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
66%	No detention without charge or trial
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
82%	Nuclear power - For
32%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
2%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
70%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
84%	Police and Crime Commissioners
1%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
99%	Post office closures - against
12%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
84%	Privatise Royal Mail
47%	Promote Occupational Pensions
34%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
35%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
92%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
17%	Public Ownership of Railways
13%	Rail Fares - Lower
70%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
65%	Reduce capital gains tax
80%	Reduce central funding for local government
20%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
82%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
50%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
52%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
69%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
66%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
92%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
38%	Register of Lobbyists
28%	Regulate letting agent fees
63%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
15%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
51%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
91%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
25%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
36%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
16%	Same Sex Marriage - for
66%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
38%	Smoking ban - In favour
1%	State control of bus services
35%	Stop climate change
32%	Support current and former armed service members
64%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
92%	Termination of pregnancy - against
100%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
74%	Tougher on illegal immigration
96%	Trade Unions - Restrict
77%	Transexuality - Against legal recognition
50%	Transparency of Parliament
86%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
76%	University education fees - Should be free
59%	University Tuition Fees - For
88%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
21%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
17%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
21%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Roger Gale MP, North Thanet (10217)

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