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Paul Waugh vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Priti Patel voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 314 different votes 325 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
36 Aye 49 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
Participation
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

129
+46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API