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Gen Kitchen vs Nick Smith

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 Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 0 different votes 408 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
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 647
Participation
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 332 of 647
549
623 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,323 eligible divisions
268
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
996
57.5 % of votes cast
281
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
735
42.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 647
0
-113.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
88 of 95 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 75 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API