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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 329 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 323 different votes 329 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 13 No
Migration 7% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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 45 of 650
Participation
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 204 of 650
569
644 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,300
1,626 eligible divisions
275
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
637
49.0 % of votes cast
294
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
663
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
46
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
0
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Contributions
60
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
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
5
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Transport
28 of 28 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 51 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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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