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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 371 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 364 different votes 371 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
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
0
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£247,902
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
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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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