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Sarah Smith vs Gen Kitchen

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 12 different votes 353 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
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
48 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 36 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
640
722 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
48.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
332
51.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

78
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
0
-97.0 vs Commons average
Rank 640 of 650
99
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
Contributions
0
-169.2 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
2
2 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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Transport
34 of 34 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API