Mr Paul Kohler, MP for Wimbledon
Paul Kohler has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland); Immigration and Asylum Bill; Northern Ireland Affairs Committee; Home Affairs Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) (Opposition Department) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Transport) (Opposition Department) | 2024 to 2025 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 2026 to now | Now |
| Courts and Tribunals Bill | 2026 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill | 2025 | |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2025 | |
| Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Finance Bill | 2025 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Paul Kohler has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lawn Tennis Association Limited - £600.00 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BBC - £600.00 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The All England Lawn Tennis Club - £930.00 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,140.00 | 12 Jan 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Poland between 03 November 2025 and 05 November 2025 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | National Liberal Club - £1,552.86 | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director, Babylon Bars (London) Ltd. | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director, Babylon Bars Ltd. | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Babylon Bars Ltd | 3 Aug 2024 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement - £1,001.17 | 3 Aug 2024 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Shareholdings | Shares in Babylon Bars (London) Ltd | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Councillor - Merton Council | 2 Aug 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Paul Kohler asked 81 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
61 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Paul Kohler represents Wimbledon. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Liberal Democrat
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Paul Kohler won with 45% of the votes, and Danielle Dunfield-Prayero (Conservative) came second with 22%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Kohler | Liberal Democrat | 24,790 | 45.1% |
| Danielle Dunfield-Prayero | Conservative | 12,180 | 22.2% |
| Eleanor Stringer | Labour | 11,733 | 21.3% |
| Ben Cronin | Reform UK | 3,221 | 5.9% |
| Rachel Brooks | Green Party | 2,442 | 4.4% |
| Aaron Mafi | Workers Party of Britain | 341 | 0.6% |
| Sarah Barber | Independent | 129 | 0.2% |
| Amy Lynch | Independent | 80 | 0.1% |
| Michael Watson | Heritage Party | 69 | 0.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Paul Kohler took part in 158 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Paul Kohler voted the same way as their party in 156 of the 156 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this