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Mr Louie French vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
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Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 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
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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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