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Paul Waugh vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 211 different votes 215 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
5 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.6 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 650
Participation
66.2 %
6 % below average
Rank 500 of 650
499
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,556
2,349 eligible divisions
249
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
730
46.9 % of votes cast
250
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
826
53.1 % of votes cast
10
2.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

116
+45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 650
Appearances
6
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 650
139
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 650
Contributions
11
-114.8 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Trade
72 of 89 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 70 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API