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Mr Paul Kohler vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 267 shared comparable votes.

212 same votes 55 different votes 267 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
1 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 41 No
Tax 91% aligned 69 shared votes
22 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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

58.6%
14% below average
Rank 582 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
370
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
47.2% of votes cast
178
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
15
4.1% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 650
Appearances
140
+45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
184
+19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
273
+108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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