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Gen Kitchen vs Tahir Ali

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 Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Lab Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley

Voting alignment

Gen Kitchen and Tahir Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 447 shared comparable votes.

444 same votes 3 different votes 447 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
47 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
47 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
47 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
47 Aye 44 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

88.4%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 285 of 650
624
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,688 eligible divisions
297
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
676
52.6% of votes cast
327
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
608
47.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 15 Feb 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
Appearances
38
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 650
0
-160.1 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Contributions
58
-102.1 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£248,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£248,055
10% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
60 of 63 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
150 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API