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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 435 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 427 different votes 435 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
12 Aye 12 No
Transport 4% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
40 Aye 46 No
28 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 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

88.4%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 650
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
624
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,104
2,406 eligible divisions
297
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
47.0% of votes cast
327
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,116
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-89.6 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
158
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
0
-156.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Contributions
188
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 167 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
£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
9
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
212 of 212 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
Aye
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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