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Gen Kitchen vs Patrick Spencer

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 Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 345 different votes 348 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
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
40 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
Participation
69.9 %
3 % below average
Rank 432 of 649
585
661 eligible divisions
Total votes
402
575 eligible divisions
284
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
186
46.3 % of votes cast
301
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
216
53.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API