Compare

Gen Kitchen vs Sir Iain Duncan 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 Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 393 different votes 400 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
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 17 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
42 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
2 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 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 39 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
624
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
297
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
327
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

0
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
Appearances
97
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
0
-159.5 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Contributions
159
-0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
209 of 212 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API