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Mr Paul Kohler vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Esther McVey voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.

135 same votes 38 different votes 173 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
8 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 23 No
Tax 95% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Housing 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

58.6%
14% below average
Rank 582 of 650
Participation
64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
370
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,395
2,162 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
45.9% of votes cast
178
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
754
54.1% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 239 of 650
Appearances
139
+44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
184
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
182
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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