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Mr Paul Kohler vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 32 different votes 160 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
6 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 23 No
Tax 92% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 22 shared votes
13 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
349
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
180
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
169
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
15
4.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

65
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
8
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Contributions
13
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
173 of 211 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
52 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