Paul Christopher Kohler (born 1959)[1] is a British politician, nightclub owner, and academic serving as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Wimbledon since 2024.

[4] He is also a Visiting Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and owner of Covent Garden speakeasy CellarDoor, which he converted from a disused underground Gentlemen's public lavatory in 2006.

He was previously a Fellow at Moscow's Russian State University of Justice but resigned in the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

[7] After once again securing the party's nomination for the Wimbledon parliamentary constituency at the 2024 general election, he gained the seat from the Conservatives (Hammond having not sought re-election[8]), with a vote share of 24,790 (45.1%) and a majority of 12,610 (22.9%).

[9] He is currently the Lib Dem front bench spokesperson on Transport and a member of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee.