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James Wild vs Paul Waugh

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
vs
Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

James Wild and Paul Waugh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 346 different votes 353 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
48 Aye 37 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 34 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
575 eligible divisions
700
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
50.2 % of votes cast
714
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
254
49.8 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

126
+48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
132
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 93 of 650
Contributions
157
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
51 of 53 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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