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Gen Kitchen vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Esther McVey voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 236 different votes 239 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
1 Aye 23 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.0 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 647
Participation
64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 524 of 647
549
624 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
2,069 eligible divisions
268
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
613
45.7 % of votes cast
281
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
728
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
54
4.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

0
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 647
Appearances
84
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 647
0
-114.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 647
Contributions
108
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Defence
47 of 59 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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