Gen Kitchen | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Assistant Government Whip | |
Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Member of Parliament for Wellingborough and Rushden [a] | |
Assumed office 15 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Peter Bone |
Majority | 5,486 (12.5%) |
Member of Newham London Borough Council for Boleyn | |
In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Genevieve Victoria Kitchen 5 May 1995 |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London ( BA) |
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen [1] (born 5 May 1995) [2] [3] is a British politician who has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough and Rushden (formerly named Wellingbrough) since the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. A member of the Labour Party, [4] she was a member of Newham London Borough Council in Greater London from 2018 to 2022.
Genevieve Kitchen was born on 5 May 1995, [3] the daughter of two Royal Navy veterans. [5] She grew up in Northamptonshire, and attended Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton, [6] John Hellins Primary School in Towcester, and Kingsbrook Secondary School (now Elizabeth Woodville School) in Deanshanger. [7] She studied history and politics at Queen Mary University of London, [8] and graduated in 2016. [9]
Kitchen has been a fundraiser in the charity sector, [10] [11] working with organisations including The Salvation Army, Sarcoma UK, a children's hospice and a children's health charity. [12] From 2018 to 2022, she was a councillor in the London Borough of Newham [13] representing the ward of Boleyn. [14]
In the 2019 general election, Kitchen stood for Labour in South Northamptonshire, [15] finishing in second place with 20.9 per cent of the vote behind Andrea Leadsom, the incumbent Conservative MP and business secretary. [16]
In November 2023, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough. [17] When the recall petition to remove Peter Bone was successful, she launched her campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. [18] She was endorsed by the former Conservative leader of the local council. [2] Kitchen was elected as MP for Wellingborough, winning with 45.9 per cent of the vote and a majority of 6,436. [19]
She is the Labour candidate for the renamed constituency of Wellingborough and Rushden in the 2024 general election. [20]
Kitchen married her husband Joe in October 2023. She cut short her honeymoon in Suffolk to campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. [21]
Gen's interest in politics began during the 2005 election ... which coincidentally fell on her birthday of May 5.
Gen Kitchen | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Assistant Government Whip | |
Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
Member of Parliament for Wellingborough and Rushden [a] | |
Assumed office 15 February 2024 | |
Preceded by | Peter Bone |
Majority | 5,486 (12.5%) |
Member of Newham London Borough Council for Boleyn | |
In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Genevieve Victoria Kitchen 5 May 1995 |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London ( BA) |
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen [1] (born 5 May 1995) [2] [3] is a British politician who has served as Assistant Government Whip since 2024. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough and Rushden (formerly named Wellingbrough) since the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. A member of the Labour Party, [4] she was a member of Newham London Borough Council in Greater London from 2018 to 2022.
Genevieve Kitchen was born on 5 May 1995, [3] the daughter of two Royal Navy veterans. [5] She grew up in Northamptonshire, and attended Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton, [6] John Hellins Primary School in Towcester, and Kingsbrook Secondary School (now Elizabeth Woodville School) in Deanshanger. [7] She studied history and politics at Queen Mary University of London, [8] and graduated in 2016. [9]
Kitchen has been a fundraiser in the charity sector, [10] [11] working with organisations including The Salvation Army, Sarcoma UK, a children's hospice and a children's health charity. [12] From 2018 to 2022, she was a councillor in the London Borough of Newham [13] representing the ward of Boleyn. [14]
In the 2019 general election, Kitchen stood for Labour in South Northamptonshire, [15] finishing in second place with 20.9 per cent of the vote behind Andrea Leadsom, the incumbent Conservative MP and business secretary. [16]
In November 2023, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough. [17] When the recall petition to remove Peter Bone was successful, she launched her campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. [18] She was endorsed by the former Conservative leader of the local council. [2] Kitchen was elected as MP for Wellingborough, winning with 45.9 per cent of the vote and a majority of 6,436. [19]
She is the Labour candidate for the renamed constituency of Wellingborough and Rushden in the 2024 general election. [20]
Kitchen married her husband Joe in October 2023. She cut short her honeymoon in Suffolk to campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. [21]
Gen's interest in politics began during the 2005 election ... which coincidentally fell on her birthday of May 5.