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Gen Kitchen vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and David Simmonds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 360 different votes 369 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
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
34 Aye 37 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
112
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
0
-142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
265
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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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