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 360 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 353 different votes 360 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 16 No
Migration 5% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
26 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

88.3 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 650
565
640 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,909
2,340 eligible divisions
271
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.9 % of votes cast
294
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,033
54.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

0
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
84
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
0
-120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
156
+35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 142 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 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
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