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Gen Kitchen vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 337 different votes 343 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 6 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 14 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
36 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
44
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
0
-142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Housing
47 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
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: 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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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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