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Mr Paul Kohler vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 217 different votes 261 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
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
343
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
425
575 eligible divisions
177
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.8% of votes cast
166
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
205
48.2% of votes cast
13
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
47
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
98
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
Contributions
66
-73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 438 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
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

#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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