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Gen Kitchen vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 310 different votes 321 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 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
594
676 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
285
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
309
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Defence
54 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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