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Alison McGovern vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 7 different votes 398 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 415 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 650
1,702
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
635 eligible divisions
943
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.1% of votes cast
759
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
127
+30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
571
+403.8 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 650
Contributions
164
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
174 of 212 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API