Member of Parliament
Gen Kitchen
Labour MP for Wellingborough and Rushden
Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)
At a glanceGen Kitchen is a Labour MP for Wellingborough and Rushden, and has represented the seat for 2 years, 5 months. They currently serve as Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons). They have cast 475 votes in Commons divisions (83% attendance) and tabled 68 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Gen Kitchen did not vote in 39. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently holds the Government post of Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons).
Current roles
- Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) Government post · HM Household since 12 May 2026
- Committee of Selection Committee since 9 Sep 2025
- Wellingborough and Rushden Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 15 Feb 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 464 of 464 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 459 of 459 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 459 of 459 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 456 of 456 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 453 of 453 shared votes
Votes least like
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 273 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 206 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 346 shared votes
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Nick Timothy
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 302 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 297 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Written questions
Work Capability Assessment: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average waiting time for a Work Capability Assessment in Wellingborough constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer · 23 May 2024
The information requested is not available.
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have not moved over to Universal Credit since its introduction.
Answer · 23 May 2024
The information requested is published and is available here: Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Pension Credit: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people eligible for but not claiming Pension Credit in Wellingborough constituency.
Answer · 23 May 2024
The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). However, these statistics are only availabl...
Educational Visits: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Wellingborough constituency have been on school trips out of the country since September 2023.
Answer · 23 May 2024
The department recognises the significant benefits that activities outside the classroom, which may include school trips out of the country, can have for children’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as their educational and social development. The depa...
Musical Instruments: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in schools in Wellingborough constituency are learning a musical instrument at school.
Answer · 24 May 2024
Arts Council England is responsible for collecting and publishing information about each of the Music Hubs. This information is about the music education activity the Hubs provide or support and does not include information on what schools provide without...
Students: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an estimate of the median level of student debt held by people in Wellingborough constituency.
Answer · 24 May 2024
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Basic Skills: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to improve children's oracy skills in Wellingborough constituency.
Answer · 24 May 2024
The department recognises the importance of oracy, which is why spoken language is part of the national curriculum for English for 5 to 16 year olds.In early years, the department is investing up to £17 million in the Nuffield Early Language Intervent...
Free School Meals: Wellingborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in Wellingborough constituency.
Answer · 23 May 2024
The department publishes annual statistics on the number of pupils at state-funded schools in England who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The most recent figures are for January 2023, available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service....
Speeches in the chamber
12 Jun 2025 Long-term Medical Conditions
I was coming on to Baroness Louise Casey’s report to the Prime Minister. I will try to get an answer from the Departments she is working with. Hon. Members will be aware that we have launched the independent commission into adult social ca…
12 Jun 2025 Long-term Medical Conditions
Thank you. In fact, the waiting list has been cut by over 200,000 since we came into office. Another topic touched on a lot was social care, its effective use and access to it. Effective and accessible social care is crucial for people …
12 Jun 2025 Long-term Medical Conditions
I acknowledge that those with long-term health conditions such as arthritis will rightly be very worried about what is happening, considering that only a Green Paper, rather than a Bill, has been published. I assure my hon. Friend that the…
12 Jun 2025 Long-term Medical Conditions
I agree, and I will come to comorbidities and some of the strategies in the 10-year plan later in my speech. My hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) spoke about endometriosis. I was very sorry and dismayed to …
12 Jun 2025 Long-term Medical Conditions
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. It is my first time speaking from the Front Bench, so please bear with me if I get my papers mixed up. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Pet…
14 May 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)
So therefore we have been going through the groupings, rather than the amendment paper.
14 May 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)
But we have not voted on amendment 5.
14 May 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)
Further to that point of order, Dr Huq. Opposition Members are very interested in their amendments, but I am keenly and acutely interested in Government amendment 48 and schedule 3. Government amendment 48 is on page 10 of the amendment pa…
14 May 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)
Is it not that they are grouped together, so we vote on them as a group?
14 May 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)
I know we vote on new clause 104 later. But will we vote on amendments 75 and 82 now?
8 Apr 2025 Easter Adjournment
It is a pleasure to close the debate. I will try to do so very swiftly, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I wish you and all those listening a very happy Easter. Let me begin by paying tribute to the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), …
22 May 2024 Engagements
I, too, welcome the hon. Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) back to the House and wish him well in his duties. I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s remarks. The Association of Dental Groups, in its May 2022 report, identi…
22 May 2024 Engagements
Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 22 May.
22 May 2024 Internet Connectivity
13. In Wellingborough and Rushden, organisations such as Serve and the Teamwork Trust offer digital support for the excluded, but for low-income households, access to the internet through libraries and schools is a key tool for employmen…
30 Apr 2024 Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Unlike with trading standards, many cash-strapped families and young people fall for online scams, because they are on the hunt for bargains on Facebook Marketplace and, to a lesser extent, on eBay and Vinted. They are often at the mercy o…
29 Apr 2024 Checks on Goods Entering UK
Why have the Government refused to implement a tonnage-based approach, as the EU does, which would support small and medium-sized importers, particularly in Wellingborough? Not doing so risks putting them out of business. To avoid that, wi…
24 Apr 2024 Defence Spending
Coming from a naval family, it is important to me that Labour is also wanting to reach 2.5%. Our ambition is no less than that of the Government. The Defence Secretary has said that this defence spending increase will be funded in part by …
22 Apr 2024 Hospice Funding
As a former hospice fundraiser—it is what I did before I came here —I am grateful to the hon. Members for Hastings and Rye (Sally-Ann Hart) and for Darlington (Peter Gibson) for securing the debate. Part of the problem that I faced at firs…
18 Mar 2024 Cost of Living: Food Bank Use
While on the campaign trail, I met the Daylight Centre and SERVE Rushden. Both have seen their service users increase in number, even with the extension of the household support fund, which they both welcome. What can the Secretary of Stat…
18 Mar 2024 Cost of Living: Food Bank Use
14. What recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the cost of living on levels of food bank use.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury · HM Treasury 16 Sep 2025 – 12 May 2026
- Assistant Whip · Whips Office (Commons) 10 Jul 2024 – 16 Sep 2025
Committee memberships
- Planning and Infrastructure Bill 24 Apr 2025 – 22 May 2025
- Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill 4 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 2024
- Renters’ Rights Bill 16 Oct 2024 – 5 Nov 2024
- Education Committee 30 Apr 2024 – 30 May 2024
- Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 1 May 2024 – 8 May 2024
Previous seats
- Wellingborough · Elected 1 time 15 Feb 2024 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- South Northamptonshire 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 3545 2207
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
11 Church Street, Rushden, NN10 9YU
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Gen Kitchen, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Gen Kitchen?
Gen Kitchen is a Member of Parliament representing Wellingborough and Rushden in the House of Commons. See Gen Kitchen's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Gen Kitchen represent?
Gen Kitchen sits as Labour. See Gen Kitchen's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Gen Kitchen represent?
Gen Kitchen is the Member of Parliament for Wellingborough and Rushden. See Gen Kitchen's official Parliament profile.
How long has Gen Kitchen been an MP?
Gen Kitchen has served in the House of Commons for 2 years, 5 months. See Gen Kitchen's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Gen Kitchen?
Gen Kitchen has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Gen Kitchen's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.