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John Cooper vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 349 different votes 354 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 44 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
43 Aye 38 No
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
28 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
6 of 7 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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API