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Patrick Spencer vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Patrick Spencer
Patrick Spencer
Con Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 351 different votes 355 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 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
40 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
34 Aye 41 No
2 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
222
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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

10
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
10
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
7
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API