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Gen Kitchen
MP
Member of Parliament
for Wellingborough
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 February 2024
Preceded byPeter Bone
Majority6,436 (21.3%)
Member of Newham Council
for Boleyn
In office
3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022
Personal details
Political partyLabour
Alma materQueen Mary University of London (BA)

Genevieve Victoria Kitchen[1] is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wellingborough since 15 February 2024. She is a member of the Labour Party[2] and was a member of Newham Council from 2018 to 2022.

Early life

The daughter of two Royal Navy veterans,[3] Kitchen grew up in Northamptonshire. She attended Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton[4] and John Hellins Primary School in Towcester, and Kingsbrook Secondary School (now Elizabeth Woodville School) in Roade.[5] She holds a degree from Queen Mary University of London.[6]

Career

Kitchen has been a fundraiser in the charity sector.[vague][7][8] She is also a former councillor in the London Borough of Newham[9] where she represented the Boleyn ward.[10]

In the 2019 general election, Kitchen was the Labour candidate in South Northamptonshire against Andrea Leadsom.[11] In November 2023, she was selected prospective parliamentary candidate for Wellingborough.[12] When the recall petition to remove Peter Bone was successful, she launched her campaign in the 2024 Wellingborough by-election, which she won.[13][14] She was endorsed by the former Conservative Party leader of the local council.[15]

Personal life

Kitchen married her husband Joe in October 2023 and later stated that she had cut short her honeymoon in Suffolk to campaign in the election.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Election results 2018". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. ^ Taggart, Emma; Scott, Geraldine (14 February 2024). "Meet Labour's Wellingborough candidate scenting victory against Tories". The Times. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ Murray, Jessica (20 December 2023). "Peter Bone saga shows Tories are weak, Labour tells Wellingborough voters". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  4. ^ Cronin, Kate (11 November 2023). "Wellingborough Labour members select Genevieve Kitchen as their candidate to fight Peter Bone's seat at a potential by-election as she immediately calls on him to resign". Northamptonshire Telegraph.
  5. ^ "The candidates set for Wellingborough by-election". BBC News. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Archie (16 February 2024). "Who is Gen Kitchen? Labour's new MP for Wellingborough - The Northamptonshire constituency was the second most marginal seat for Labour in Sir Tony Blair's 1997 landslide, with Paul Stinchcombe winning by just 187 votes". The Independent.
  7. ^ Lepper, Joe (2023-12-21). "Senior charity fundraiser to fight in next by-election for Labour". Charity Times. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  8. ^ Bagley, Alison (30 November 2023). "Labour parliamentary candidate Gen Kitchen gets crafty at Wellingborough community centre". Northamptonshire Telegraph.
  9. ^ Walker, Peter (2024-02-06). "'We're not complacent': Labour wary of overconfidence in Wellingborough byelection". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  10. ^ "Newham heads to the polls for Boleyn by-election". Newham Recorder. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  11. ^ Neame, Katie (2024-02-07). "Wellingborough PPC hopes by-election win would have 'domino effect' in region". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  12. ^ "Wellingborough: Labour select candidate in Peter Bone's seat". 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  13. ^ Quinn, Ben; Badshah, Nadeem (2023-12-19). "Voters in Wellingborough trigger byelection after suspension of Peter Bone". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  14. ^ Clarke, Cathleen; Belger, Tom; Neame, Katie (2024-02-16). "Wellingborough by-election: Meet new Labour MP Gen Kitchen". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  15. ^ Carter, William (15 December 2024). "Woman who'll fight Wellingborough constituency for Labour outlines pledges – as she's backed by former Conservative council leader". Northamptonshire Telegraph.
  16. ^ Kitchen, Genevieve (2023-11-29). "Wellingborough PPC: 'I cut short my honeymoon to win this by-election'". LabourList. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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