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Ben Maguire vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Paul Waugh voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 275 different votes 327 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
37 Aye 32 No
Tax 6% aligned 69 shared votes
36 Aye 33 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
356
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
194
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
162
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
131
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
114
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Contributions
166
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21% below average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#2
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API