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Mark Garnier vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 382 different votes 400 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 18 shared votes
15 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
152 of 171 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 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: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
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