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Paul Waugh vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 357 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 7 different votes 357 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
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
51 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

86.9%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 650
553
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,610
2,422 eligible divisions
277
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
909
56.5% of votes cast
276
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
701
43.5% of votes cast
11
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

125
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
52
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
162
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
58
-109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 517 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
33 of 33 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API