Paul Waugh

Paul Waugh
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Rochdale
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byGeorge Galloway
Majority1,440 (3.5%)
Personal details
Born1966 or 1967 (age 58–59)
Wardle, Lancashire, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
University of Cardiff
Occupation
  • Politician
  • journalist

Paul Waugh (born 1966 or 1967) is a British politician and journalist who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochdale since 2024. Running under the Labour Co-op banner, he unseated George Galloway, the sole MP from the Workers Party of Britain, who had held the seat since a by-election five months earlier, on 29 February.