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Paul Waugh vs Aphra Brandreth

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

Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 324 different votes 332 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 42 of 650
Participation
65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 504 of 650
494
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
558 eligible divisions
247
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
47.0 % of votes cast
247
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
195
53.0 % of votes cast
10
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

116
+46.2 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 650
Appearances
68
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
140
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
77
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 108 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 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: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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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