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Mr Paul Kohler vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Peter Dowd voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 214 different votes 250 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 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 6% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 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
69.0%
4% below average
Rank 447 of 649
347
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,372 eligible divisions
180
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
167
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
13
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
41
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
97
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
Contributions
29
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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