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Helen Whately vs Gen Kitchen

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Helen Whately
Helen Whately
Con Faversham and Mid Kent
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Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 386 different votes 393 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
43 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
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

Trade
86 of 91 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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