At a glancePaul Waugh is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Rochdale, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 510 votes in Commons divisions (89% attendance), tabled 8 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Paul Waugh did not vote in 65. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Rochdale Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Sojan Joseph
Labour
100.0% · 491 of 491 shared votes
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Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 485 of 485 shared votes
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Liz Twist
Labour
100.0% · 484 of 484 shared votes
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Lola McEvoy
Labour
100.0% · 476 of 476 shared votes
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Sally Jameson
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 465 of 465 shared votes
Votes least like
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 285 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 316 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.1% · 3 of 285 shared votes
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Victoria Atkins
Conservative
1.3% · 4 of 309 shared votes
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative
1.5% · 5 of 339 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Rochdale Association Football Club Limited - £550.00 (registered 1 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous1
- Member of Rochdale Supporters Club Limited. This is an unpaid role. (registered 31 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity care.
Answer · 24 Feb 2026
I remain deeply concerned by the state of maternity care we inherited in the NHS.The Secretary of State announced a rapid, independent investigation in NHS Maternity and Neonatal services to help us understand the systemic issues behind why so many women,...
Rape: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support rape survivors in the criminal justice system.
Answer · 16 Dec 2025
The Ministry of Justice will be investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years – the biggest investment in these services to date.We are introducing a package of legislative measures to improve victims’ experiences and stop pr...
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the five-week wait for Universal Credit on (a) debt and (b) poverty levels.
Answer · 10 Jul 2025
We are reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to. We are committed to considering how we can support people during the Initial Assessment Period, often referred to as the 5-week wait, before they receive their first paymen...
Personal Independence Payment: Rochdale
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people in receipt of the (a) enhanced and (b) standard PIP who were awarded less than four points in all 10 of the daily living activities in the asses
Answer · 14 May 2025
For the volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants in Rochdale who scored less than four points in all 10 daily living activities in their most recent assessment by award see Table 1 below. After the reforms PIP expenditure is forecast to ris...
Offences against Children: Rochdale
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects (a) Adil Khan and (b) Qari Abdul Rauf, convicted for their part in a Rochdale grooming gang, to be deported.
Answer · 15 Jan 2025
The crimes committed by the Rochdale child sexual exploitation group are appalling and this Government is determined to take whatever action is available to us within the law to act against the perpetrators and protect the victims of their crimes.As part ...
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her expected timeframe is for resolving the backlog of people waiting for cash equivalent transfer value details from Teachers’ Pensions.
Answer · 27 Nov 2024
A backlog in the provision of cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) to members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme has been caused by two issues. Initially, an embargo was placed on the provision of CETVs by the public service pension schemes from March 202...
Teachers' Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are currently waiting longer than the statutory 3-month period for a response from Teachers' Pensions on their cash equivalent transfer value details.
Answer · 27 Nov 2024
A backlog in the provision of cash equivalent transfer values (CETVs) to members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme has been caused by two issues. Initially, an embargo was placed on the provision of CETVs by the public service pension schemes from March 202...
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with metro mayors and local authorities on further devolution.
Answer · 2 Sep 2024
In the first days of this Government, the Prime Minister and I met Mayors in Downing Street to discuss devolution and the critical role for mayors in delivering our Mission of Economic Growth.Building on the last Labour Government’s legacy of the devoluti...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Fireworks play a spectacular and important role in many of our public and private celebrations, but all too often the antisocial and year-round use of loud fireworks causes deep distress to pets, veterans and elderly people in Rochdale, as…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
First, I thank the Home Secretary for listening to me and my hon. Friends the Members for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton (Jim McMahon), and for Heywood and Middleton North (Mrs Blundell), as well as all our constituents; she acted supe…
9 Jul 2026 Business of the House
More than a thousand British Jews and British Israelis have written to the Minister for the Middle East, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr Falconer), to urge a ban on settlement goods and services by the United Kingdom. That is bec…
8 Jul 2026 NHS Corridor Care
I thank my hon. Friend for her fantastic work in the NHS as a doctor; it is much appreciated. Like many NHS workers, she struggles against the odds and sees on a daily basis the impact of corridor care. Does she agree that NHS staff feel f…
7 Jul 2026 Human Rights in Kashmir
My hon. Friend talks eloquently about the need to lower the temperature and de-escalate the situation. One of my constituents was visiting relatives in Kashmir recently and saw with his own eyes a relative shot by the Pakistani authorities…
7 Jul 2026 Climate Change: Weather Events
Last week in Rochdale, I attended a community screening of Chris Packham’s “National Emergency Briefing”, and one of the most chilling lines in that entire documentary was that today’s extreme weather is the coolest and most stable weather…
7 Jul 2026 Climate Change: Weather Events
1. What steps he plans to take following recent weather events to help tackle climate change.
6 Jul 2026 Rochdale Grooming Gang: Offender Deportation
Shabir Ahmed is a dangerous, manipulative paedophile whose sickening crimes are a damning indictment of the public authorities’ failure to adequately protect the victims of Rochdale grooming gang. Does the Minister agree that, now that we …
2 Jul 2026 Business of the House
Shabir Ahmed was the ringleader of a disgusting Rochdale grooming gang. He was convicted of serial rapes against young white girls and repeated rapes of a young Asian girl. Today, Shabir Ahmed is being released from prison with a restricti…
29 Jun 2026 Animal Abusers
My hon. Friend makes a valid link between the abuse of animals and of human beings. I thank the petitioner, Bea, for bringing this issue to this place, because it shines a spotlight on both forms of abuse. The RSPCA has reported that 71% o…
17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs
This week I hosted a meeting between officials from the Department for Business and Trade and representatives of Hanson Springs, a brilliant family manufacturing business in my constituency that exports across the world and whose specialis…
17 Jun 2026 High Street Shops: Illicit Activity
My hon. Friend is right that dodgy shops and mini-marts are often a front for organised crime, particularly drug dealing, but also for the sexual and criminal exploitation of children, which we sadly know all too much about in Rochdale. I …
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Simply to follow up, Ms Nokes, on the point the Minister was making about exemptions for individual companies, Hanson Springs in Rochdale relies heavily on imports of steel of a particular length. Will the Minister reassure us that, as wit…
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
On that point, will the Minister give way?
9 Jun 2026 Middle East
I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement, and in particular the fresh wave of sanctions she announced, as well as the new measures against British businesses and charities that fund and support illegal Israeli settlements in occupie…
3 Jun 2026 Lebanon: Israel Defence Forces Operations
The US news service Axios reported that this week President Trump held a direct phone call with Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he said that Netanyahu was “effing crazy” for escalating his military action in Lebanon, killing thousands of inno…
1 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Day
To celebrate Armed Forces Day this year in Rochdale, there will be not only the usual flag-raising ceremony at Rochdale town hall, but on Saturday 27 June we will have a free community picnic in Denehurst Park, with live music from local b…
1 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Day
9. What plans his Department has to mark Armed Forces Day.
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
The hon. Member refers to real people. There are no people more real than the three girls mentioned in the 2017 BBC docudrama and the whistleblowers involved. Does he accept that within days of that broadcast, which exposed to the nation t…
14 May 2026 Business of the House
On Sunday, there were scenes of wild celebration among the Dale fans at Wembley, as our beloved club staged a fabulous comeback and won the play-off final to return to the English football league. There were also fantastic civic celebratio…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee 21 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Expenses
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Contact & offices
01706 391482
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Paul Waugh, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Paul Waugh?
Paul Waugh is a Member of Parliament representing Rochdale in the House of Commons. See Paul Waugh's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Paul Waugh represent?
Paul Waugh sits as Labour (Co-op). See Paul Waugh's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Paul Waugh represent?
Paul Waugh is the Member of Parliament for Rochdale. See Paul Waugh's official Parliament profile.
How long has Paul Waugh been an MP?
Paul Waugh has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Paul Waugh's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Paul Waugh?
Paul Waugh has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Paul Waugh's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.