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Martin Vickers vs Paul Waugh

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Paul Waugh voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 355 different votes 376 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
52 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

155
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
129
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
8
4 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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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