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Mr Paul Kohler vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Helen Whately voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

204 same votes 49 different votes 253 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
10 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 37 No
Tax 95% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

58.5%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 122 of 650
363
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,406 eligible divisions
190
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
173
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

93
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
181
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
73
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 10 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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