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Paul Waugh vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 260 different votes 290 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
29 Aye 45 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

128
+46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 649
Appearances
108
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
153
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649
Contributions
151
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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