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Gen Kitchen vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

335 same votes 11 different votes 346 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
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 18 No
Migration 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 480 of 650
640
722 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,422 eligible divisions
308
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
55.8% of votes cast
332
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
714
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 9 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

0
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
Appearances
56
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
0
-169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Contributions
91
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Transport
34 of 34 votes
#2
Transport
80 of 98 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API