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Gregory Stafford vs Paul Waugh

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Paul Waugh voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 328 different votes 349 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 53 No
Tax 1% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
129
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
3
2 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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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