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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 369 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 363 different votes 369 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
12 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
37 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 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

88.4%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 650
624
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,343
1,688 eligible divisions
297
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
49.1% of votes cast
327
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
684
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
Appearances
60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
0
-162.0 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Contributions
88
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 650

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
7
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
62 of 63 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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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