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Gen Kitchen vs Matthew Pennycook

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 Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Lab Greenwich and Woolwich

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

439 same votes 0 different votes 439 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
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
47 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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 56 of 647
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 165 of 647
545
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,319 eligible divisions
267
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,066
55.8 % of votes cast
278
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
844
44.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 647
Appearances
72
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 647
1
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 647
Contributions
344
+231.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Transport
23 of 23 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Migration
152 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API