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Gen Kitchen vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 313 different votes 315 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
2 Aye 15 No
Migration 6% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
16 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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