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Gen Kitchen vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 326 different votes 332 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 17 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 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
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 650
569
644 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,344 eligible divisions
275
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
885
47.4 % of votes cast
294
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
982
52.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

0
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
82
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
0
-123.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Contributions
125
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Transport
28 of 28 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Trade
79 of 89 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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API