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Mr Paul Kohler vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

208 same votes 48 different votes 256 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
8 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 35 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 9 No
Defence 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 5 No
Housing 70% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

58.5%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
363
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
190
52.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
173
47.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

93
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
Appearances
100
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
181
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
162
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 218 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
209 of 212 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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