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Esther McVey vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 263 different votes 266 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
1 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

110
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
7
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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