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Gen Kitchen vs Helen Whately

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 Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 391 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 384 different votes 391 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
1 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 649
Participation
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 649
592
672 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,372 eligible divisions
284
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
949
47.8% of votes cast
308
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,036
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
43
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 649
0
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
65
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 453 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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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