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Sir John Whittingdale vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
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
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