Paul Waugh MP: votes, interests and costs
Paul Waugh represents Rochdale in the House of Commons for Labour (Co-op). Current post: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education), held since 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Paul Waugh, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Department for Education | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill | 23 October 2024 | 31 October 2024 |
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 21 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c3fb718e7f58.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 2 entries for Paul Waugh: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 1 June 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Rochdale Association Football Club Limited - £550.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for the National League promotion final 2026
- Value of the benefit: £550.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-10
- Name of the donor: Rochdale Association Football Club Limited
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Rochdale Association Football Club Limited
Member of Rochdale Supporters Club Limited. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £125,473 for Paul Waugh in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £20,869 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £125,473.19 |
| Office costs: spent | £20,868.68 |
| Accommodation: spent | £13,264.37 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £15,174.45 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Rochdale CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (casual), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Paul Waugh voted in the House of Commons: 544 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 58 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Paul Waugh voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 8 written questions from Paul Waugh since 4 July 2024. The latest 8 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions and 3 other departments.
Maternity Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity care.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 18939bdae21c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Paul Waugh.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 1,440 for Paul Waugh in Rochdale in July 2024, from 13,027 votes on a turnout of 54.7%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Rochdale figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.