Paul Waugh 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.

Waugh was born in Wardle, Lancashire and raised on a council estate in Spotland, Rochdale.

[4][5][6] Waugh had put himself forward to be the Labour candidate for the 2024 Rochdale by-election but lost the nomination to Azhar Ali, who in turn was suspended from the party.

[10][9] Waugh was critical of its previous MP George Galloway, labelling him as "Putin's parrot" and an extremist.