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Gen Kitchen vs John Cooper

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 John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and John Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 334 different votes 338 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
43 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
37 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
37 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 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 43 of 650
Participation
71.8 %
1 % below average
Rank 389 of 650
574
649 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
563 eligible divisions
277
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
41.8 % of votes cast
297
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
235
58.2 % 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
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
Appearances
85
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
0
-125.8 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Contributions
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Tax
92 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API