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Mr Paul Kohler vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Andy McDonald voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 245 different votes 309 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 33% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 5% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

59.5%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
354
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,381 eligible divisions
183
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
998
55.5% of votes cast
171
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
801
44.5% of votes cast
15
4.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

75
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
92
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
109
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
125
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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