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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 262 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 259 different votes 262 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 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 0% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 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

88.0%
16% above average
Rank 44 of 649
Participation
57.8%
14% below average
Rank 575 of 649
588
668 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,369
2,368 eligible divisions
284
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
627
45.8% of votes cast
304
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
742
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
109
+29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
0
-139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
158
+18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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
£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
62 of 69 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API