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Gen Kitchen
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Official portrait, 2024
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| Assistant Government Whip | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2024 |
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| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Member of Parliament for Wellingborough and Rushden Wellingborough (2024) |
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| Assumed office 15 February 2024 |
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| Preceded by | Peter William Bone |
| Majority | 5,456 (12.5%) |
| Member of Newham London Borough Council for Boleyn | |
| In office 3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022 |
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| Personal details | |
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Genevieve Victoria Kitchen
5 May 1995 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Queen Mary University of London (BA) |
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen (born 5 May 1995) 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 Wellingborough) since the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. A member of the Labour Party, she was a member of Newham London Borough Council in Greater London from 2018 to 2022.
Early life and education
Genevieve Kitchen was born on 5 May 1995, the daughter of two Royal Navy veterans. She grew up in Northamptonshire, and attended Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton, John Hellins Primary School in Towcester, and Kingsbrook Secondary School (now Elizabeth Woodville School) in Deanshanger. She studied history and politics at Queen Mary University of London, and graduated in 2016.
Kitchen has been a fundraiser in the charity sector, working with organisations including The Salvation Army, Sarcoma UK, a children's hospice and a children's health charity. From 2018 to 2022, she was a councillor in the London Borough of Newham representing the ward of Boleyn and served as Deputy Cabinet Member for Regeneration.
Parliamentary career
In the 2019 general election, Kitchen stood for Labour in South Northamptonshire, finishing in second place with 20.9 per cent of the vote behind Andrea Leadsom, the incumbent Conservative MP and business secretary.
In November 2023, she was selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough. When the recall petition to remove Peter Bone was successful, she launched her campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election. She was endorsed by the former Conservative leader of the local council. Kitchen was elected as MP for Wellingborough, winning with 45.9 per cent of the vote and a majority of 6,436.
She was re-elected in the renamed constituency of Wellingborough and Rushden in the 2024 general election.
Personal life
Kitchen married her husband Joe in October 2023. She cut short her honeymoon in Suffolk to campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election.
