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Andy McDonald vs Paul Waugh

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

473 same votes 10 different votes 483 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
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 80% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 8 No
Migration 92% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 10 No
Housing 96% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,831
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,015
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
274
49.8% of votes cast
816
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
276
50.2% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Contributions
164
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Transport
84 of 98 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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