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Mr Paul Kohler vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 39 different votes 208 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 16 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
0 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 29 No
Tax 95% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
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
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
349
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
180
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
169
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
15
4.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Appearances
146
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
96
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Contributions
184
+40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
202 of 211 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API