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Gen Kitchen vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 355 different votes 362 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 18 No
Migration 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
6 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 45 of 650
Participation
81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 186 of 650
562
637 eligible divisions
Total votes
978
1,207 eligible divisions
270
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
493
50.4 % of votes cast
292
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
485
49.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

0
-67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
48
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
0
-119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
67
-52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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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