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Alan Mak vs Mr Paul Kohler

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 43 different votes 255 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
10 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 41 No
Tax 96% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
59.7 %
13 % below average
Rank 577 of 649
2,017
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
575 eligible divisions
955
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
51.6 % of votes cast
1,062
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
166
48.4 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Appearances
70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
21
-117.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35 % below average
28
7 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API