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Mr Paul Kohler vs Andrew Pakes

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 19% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 210 different votes 259 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 6 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

59.7 %
13 % below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
70.8 %
2 % below average
Rank 412 of 649
343
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
575 eligible divisions
177
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
199
48.9 % of votes cast
166
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
208
51.1 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
84
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£147,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£183,790
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£183,790
19 % below average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API