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Paul Waugh

Labour (Co-op) Sitting MP

MP for Rochdale · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Government Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) · Department for Education

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: paul.waugh.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency office

Constituency office

Tel: 01706 391482

Website

Bluesky

Facebook

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
87.2%
550 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
36 meetings attended
Debate contributions
276
in the 7 year window
Written questions
8
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
0
current

Biography

Paul Waugh is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Rochdale, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education).

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Rochdale4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour4 July 2024Present

Voting participation

Participation rate
87.2%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
550

joint 50th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour (Co-op) average 72.9%

Participation by year

Paul Waugh voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 95.9%95.9%2025: 87.9%87.9%2026: 83.5%83.5%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236197 83.5%
2025322283 87.9%
20247370 95.9%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631550 87.2%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
276
Written questions
8
Oral questions
20
Early day motions
0
Bills sponsored
0
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
36

joint 617th of 650 current MPs (2 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour (Co-op) average 658

Written questions per year
Paul Waugh: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year0.01.32.53.85.02024: 3320242025: 4420252026: 112026
Oral questions per year
Paul Waugh: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 4420242025: 111120252026: 552026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 73 59 1 5 0 0 0
2025 142 115 4 11 0 0 0
2024 61 44 3 4 0 0 0

Committee memberships

Not currently a member of any committee.

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour (Co-op) average 99.8%

Committee membership history

2 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
276
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
218
distinct debates

joint 377th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 552 · Labour (Co-op) average 650

Contributions per year
Paul Waugh: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year0501001502002024: 616120242025: 14214220252026: 73732026
Debates participated in per year
Paul Waugh: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0501001502002024: 444420242025: 11511520252026: 59592026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for Rochdale
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Joined Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

  2. 2026

    • – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Constituency: Rochdale

Rochdale constituency boundary
Area
80.3 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Hold · majority 1,440
Electorate
72,507 · turnout 54.7%
Postcode areas
OL11, OL12, OL14, OL15, OL16, OL2

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.