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Sir Julian Smith vs Gen Kitchen

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 379 different votes 387 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 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 3 No
Migration 5% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
88.5 %
16 % above average
Rank 40 of 649
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
585
661 eligible divisions
878
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
284
48.5 % of votes cast
949
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
301
51.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 6 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
0
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 641 of 650
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£247,902
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£247,902
10 % above average
5
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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