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Gen Kitchen vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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 4 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
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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