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Paul Waugh vs Sir John Hayes

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

Photograph of Paul Waugh
Paul Waugh
Lab Rochdale
vs
Photograph of Sir John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 363 different votes 383 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
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
57 Aye 36 No
Tax 2% aligned 93 shared votes
34 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

131
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
166
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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