Rt Hon Sir Roger Gale, MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich
Roger Gale has been an MP since 1983. Currently: Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Procedure Committee | 2007 to 2015 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 1997 to 2017 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Affairs Committee | 1987 to 1992 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker | 2025 | |
| Deputy Speaker | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Full Member) | 2012 to 2015 | |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member) | 2010 to 2012 | |
| Vice-Chair, Conservative Party | 2001 to 2003 | |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Substitute Member) | 1987 to 1989 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Roger Gale has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Cyprus between 10 October 2025 and 13 October 2025 | 8 Nov 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Honorary Citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in no location provided | – |
| Family members employed | Suzy Gale employed | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Roger Gale asked 4 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
92 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Roger Gale represents Herne Bay and Sandwich. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Roger Gale won with 35% of the votes, and Helen Whitehead (Labour) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Gale | Conservative | 17,243 | 35.3% |
| Helen Whitehead | Labour | 14,744 | 30.2% |
| Amelia Randall | Reform UK | 10,602 | 21.7% |
| Thea Barrett | Green Party | 3,529 | 7.2% |
| Angie Curwen | Liberal Democrat | 2,709 | 5.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Roger Gale took part in 164 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Roger Gale voted the same way as their party in 164 of the 164 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this