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Gareth Bacon vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 409 different votes 416 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
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 3 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
46 Aye 39 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
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
16% above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
88.0%
16% above average
Rank 44 of 649
1,447
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
588
668 eligible divisions
710
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.3% of votes cast
737
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
304
51.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 649
Appearances
0
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
70
-69.4 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
0
-139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
2
2 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
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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