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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 386 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 377 different votes 386 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 18 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 3% aligned 79 shared votes
33 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
15% above average
Rank 43 of 649
Participation
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
592
672 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,942
2,372 eligible divisions
284
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.3% of votes cast
308
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,023
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

0
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
107
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
0
-140.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
218
+77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
202 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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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