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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 315 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 304 different votes 315 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 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 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

88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
Participation
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
585
661 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
284
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
301
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 5 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
0
-138.6 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 649
Contributions
67
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£247,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£247,902
10 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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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