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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 394 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 386 different votes 394 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
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 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
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
558
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,055
2,333 eligible divisions
270
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.0 % of votes cast
288
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,089
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-66.2 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 650
0
-117.8 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 88 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 64 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
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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