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Bob Blackman vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Bob Blackman and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 402 different votes 410 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
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 No
6 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
972
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
54
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£312,612
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£247,902
10 % above average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
66 of 71 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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