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Gen Kitchen vs Blake Stephenson

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

Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden
vs
Photograph of Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 340 different votes 345 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
37 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
38 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
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