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Greg Smith vs Mr Paul Kohler

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 56 different votes 283 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 20 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 39 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 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
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
59.2%
13% below average
Rank 580 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
349
590 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
51.6% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
169
48.4% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Contributions
103
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API