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Gen Kitchen vs Deirdre Costigan

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 Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
Lab Ealing Southall

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Deirdre Costigan voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 0 different votes 379 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
35 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
35 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 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 42 of 649
Participation
91.0 %
18 % above average
Rank 14 of 649
578
654 eligible divisions
Total votes
517
568 eligible divisions
281
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
270
52.2 % of votes cast
297
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
247
47.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-73.4 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
13
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
0
-130.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
18
-112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,485
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£196,485
13 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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