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Sir Bernard Jenkin vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex
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Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 339 different votes 345 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 5 No
Migration 5% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 203 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,881
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
890
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
991
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
21
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

114
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
167
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 157 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

£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£260,047
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£247,902
10 % above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
158 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
81 of 91 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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