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Gen Kitchen vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 282 different votes 284 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
6 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
24 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

88.0%
15% above average
Rank 44 of 649
Participation
57.1%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
588
668 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
284
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
304
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

0
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
Appearances
113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
0
-139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Contributions
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Transport
31 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API