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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 283 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 280 different votes 283 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 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
1 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
1 Aye 28 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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 37 of 650
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 517 of 650
623
705 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,390
2,150 eligible divisions
296
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
641
46.1% of votes cast
327
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
749
53.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

0
-88.8 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
114
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
0
-154.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Contributions
156
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% 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
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
71 of 90 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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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Voting source Commons Votes API