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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 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
18 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
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
6 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

0
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
0
-142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
79
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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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