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Gen Kitchen vs Sir Julian 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 Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 360 different votes 368 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 16 No
Migration 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 4 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
32 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
77.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 261 of 650
562
637 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,807
2,337 eligible divisions
270
48.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.1 % of votes cast
292
52.0 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
70
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
0
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
88
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Defence
60 of 68 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Transport
27 of 27 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 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: 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
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
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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