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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 261 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 258 different votes 261 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

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,364
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
624
45.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
740
54.3 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
54
4.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

104
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
145
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£247,902
10 % above average
6
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 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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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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Voting source Commons Votes API