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Gen Kitchen vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 356 different votes 364 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
14 Aye 3 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 17 No
Migration 5% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 13 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 32 No
Tax 1% aligned 76 shared votes
31 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 45 of 650
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 650
562
637 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,337 eligible divisions
270
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
906
47.3 % of votes cast
292
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,009
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

0
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
104
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
0
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
190
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 95 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
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
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
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
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