Roger Gale

Sir Roger Gale
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Acting
19 December 2022 – 30 May 2024
MonarchCharles III
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
SpeakerLindsay Hoyle
Member of Parliament
for Herne Bay and Sandwich
North Thanet (1983–2024)
Assumed office
9 June 1983
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority2,499 (5.1%)
Personal details
Born (1943-08-20) 20 August 1943 (age 81)
Poole, Dorset, England
Political partyConservative
SpouseSusan Gabrielle Marks
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationBroadcaster, television/radio producer, journalist
Websiterogergale.com
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Sir Roger James Gale (born 20 August 1943) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Herne Bay and Sandwich, previously North Thanet, since 1983. He had a career in journalism and broadcasting from 1964, around the same time as he joined the Conservative Party, until 1983.

He was a prominent and vocal critic of Boris Johnson during his leadership of the Conservative Party.


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