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Gen Kitchen vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 327 different votes 331 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
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
31 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 15 No
Migration 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 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
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
585
661 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
284
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
301
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 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
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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