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Mr Paul Kohler vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and John McDonnell voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 245 different votes 310 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
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 10 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 220 of 650
354
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,882
2,381 eligible divisions
183
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,022
54.3% of votes cast
171
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
15
4.2% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

75
-10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 650
Appearances
130
+44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
109
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
163
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
64 of 70 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API