MP for Wellingborough and Rushden
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Gen Kitchen is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Wellingborough and Rushden, elected in February 2024. She currently serves as a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and sits on the Committee of Selection. Since entering Parliament she has also held roles as an Assistant Whip and participated in multiple parliamentary committees and bills.
She shows very high party loyalty (100%, above the party average of 99%) with no rebel votes, and a notably low voting attendance of 16% (below the party average of 33%). Her voting record places her on the left side of the spectrum (29/100). On key issues, she has generally supported policies favouring workers and welfare (e.g., Universal Credit, trade union powers, workers’ rights protections) while opposing stricter immigration and asylum measures, the Rwanda deportation scheme, and certain sentencing and regulation moves.
Generated 21 February 2026
8 positions
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Since Sept 2025
Committee of Selection
Since Sept 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Apr 2025 - May 2025
Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Renters’ Rights Bill
Oct 2024 - Nov 2024
Assistant Whip
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Education Committee
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has almost always voted for trade union powers
has almost always voted for workers rights protections
has almost always voted against immigration controls
has almost always voted against asylum system
has almost always voted against rwanda deportation scheme
has generally voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against vat changes
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Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading