Official portrait of Sir Roger Gale

Sir Roger Gale

Conservative MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich, since 9 June 1983

The Rt Hon Sir Roger Gale is the Conservative MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 1983.

Scorecard

58.6% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
346 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
244 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
960 Debates spoken in 122 written questions tabled

Ranked 525 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No vote 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No vote 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No vote 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Morphou Municipality
Address of donor: 2 Aglantzias Avenue, 2108 Nicosia
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation for three nights (£482.96), internal transport (£200 estimated) and meals (£150 estimated), value £832.96
Destination of visit: Cyprus (Nicosia)
Dates of visit: 10 October 2025 to 13 October 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Morphou Rally and associated events, to meet with the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, Members of Parliament, the Mayor and Members of the Council of Morphou and others.
(Registered 8 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (barn conversion)
Number of properties: 1
Location: no location provided, France

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: The Council of Ministers, The Republic of Cyprus
Honorary Citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus
Date interest arose: 12 March 2025
(Registered 18 June 2025)

On the register since 8 Jul 2026

9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses

Name: Suzy Gale
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Office Manager
Working pattern: Full time

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

960 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 2 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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