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Gen Kitchen vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Bob Blackman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 403 different votes 411 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
NHS / Health 33% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 4 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 17 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 12 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
39 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
16% above average
Rank 44 of 649
Participation
87.7%
16% above average
Rank 48 of 649
588
668 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
284
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
304
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
147
+67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
0
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
173
+34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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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