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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 3% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 219 different votes 225 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
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
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
5 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

131
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
166
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API