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Mark Sewards vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

382 same votes 0 different votes 382 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
44 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
44 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
44 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
214
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
246
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

164
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 649
Appearances
0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
175
+31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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