Paul Kohler.

Paul Kohler made his most significant parliamentary move on 20 June 2025, voting against the Lib Dem majority three times to oppose the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading — and against a related amendment blocking self-starvation as a qualifying route. He also broke with his party on a procedural vote and a safeguarding amendment the same day. These were his only rebel votes since entering Parliament in 2024, and they place him among the minority of Lib Dem MPs who voted against the assisted dying legislation's final Commons passage. His voting profile supports the pattern: he sits 28 percentage points above his party average on the end-of-life autonomy tag, yet his rebel votes show he wanted stricter safeguards, not looser ones.

At 61% voting participation, Kohler is below the Commons average, though new MPs with committee loads often show lower floor-vote rates. His stance scores reveal a distinctly liberal-economics profile — 100% against the employer National Insurance increase, 79% pro-business, 86% pro-climate action — while sitting well below his party on workers' rights (27%) and progressive taxation (22%). He speaks frequently, with 297 contributions across 148 debates, concentrating on transport, crime, the economy, and local government. He sits on both the Home Affairs Committee and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, a pairing that helps explain the prominence of crime and policing in his speech record.

Local news coverage — dominated by crime, culture, and local government over the past 90 days — largely reflects constituency casework rather than controversy. Earlier coverage shows sustained engagement on Wimbledon Park's tennis expansion and District Line and South Western Railway services. Sentiment scores across 40 recent articles are neutral (averaging near zero), suggesting steady local presence without significant praise or criticism. Comprehensive voting data is available from July 2024 onwards.