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Mr Paul Kohler vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Kohler and Steve Witherden voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 238 different votes 287 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 9 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

59.7%
13% below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 649
343
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
575 eligible divisions
177
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.2% of votes cast
166
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
221
47.8% of votes cast
13
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£147,138
35% below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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