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Paul Waugh vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Paul Waugh and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.
358 same votes
5 different votes
363 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
87.2%
15% above average
Participation
73.9%
2% above average
550
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,417 eligible divisions
274
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
967
54.1% of votes cast
276
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
820
45.9% of votes cast
11
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
56
-38.5 vs Commons average
164
-0.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
67
-97.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API