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Edward Argar vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 424 different votes 430 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
45 Aye 37 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 5 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

84
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
Appearances
0
-78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 649
131
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
Contributions
0
-138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£247,902
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
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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