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Mr Paul Kohler vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and David Simmonds voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 35 different votes 221 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
25 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 7 No
Defence 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 84% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 5 No
Housing 70% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 6 No
Benefits 71% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

60.6 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 133 of 650
338
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,357
1,626 eligible divisions
176
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.3 % of votes cast
162
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
702
51.7 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
Appearances
103
+33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
135
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650
Contributions
253
+129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35 % below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
Migration
144 of 152 votes
Education
42 of 49 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 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