Kohler first represented the Liberal Democrats in the 2018 local elections, achieving election as a councillor in the Trinity ward of Merton London Borough Council.[4] A year later, he was selected as the party's candidate for the constituency of Wimbledon at the 2019 United Kingdom general election. He was defeated by the incumbent Conservative MP, Stephen Hammond, but greatly increased the Lib Dems' vote share to a second-placed 19,745 (37.2%), reducing Hammond's majority to just 628 votes.[5] He was once again elected to the council in Merton at the 2022 local elections, this time as one of three Lib Dem councillors in the Wimbledon Town and Dundonald ward.[6] After once again securing the party's nomination for the Wimbledon parliamentary constituency at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, he gained the seat from the Conservatives (Hammond having not sought re-election[7]), with a vote share of 24,790 (45.1%) and a majority of 12,610 (22.9%).[8]
Personal life
Kohler is married with four daughters. He sustained severe injuries after he was beaten by burglars during a raid at his home in 2014.[9] He suffered a fractured eye socket, broken nose and severe internal bleeding.[10]
Bibliography
Books
Property Law: Commentary and Materials (2006), with Alison Clarke; part of Law in Context
Articles and chapters
"Property Law" in Current Legal Problems Vol 46 (1993)
"The Death of Ownership and the Demise of Property" in Current Legal Problems Vol 53 (2000)