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Mr Paul Kohler vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 102 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 23 different votes 102 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
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 18 No
Tax 83% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 18 No
Tax 83% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

59.2%
13% below average
Rank 580 of 649
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
349
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
180
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
169
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
15
4.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£147,138
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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 211 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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