Gen Kitchen

Gen Kitchen
Official portrait, 2024
Assistant Government Whip
Assumed office
10 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Member of Parliament
for Wellingborough and Rushden
Wellingborough (2024)
Assumed office
15 February 2024
Preceded byPeter William Bone
Majority5,456 (12.5%)
Member of Newham London Borough Council for Boleyn
In office
3 May 2018 – 5 May 2022
Personal details
Born
Genevieve Victoria Kitchen

(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)
Political partyLabour
Alma materQueen 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 Wellingborough) 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.

  1. ^ "Election results for Boleyn, 3 May 2018". Newham Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 16 February 2024. Gen's interest in politics began during the 2005 election ... which coincidentally fell on her birthday of May 5.
  3. ^ "Who are Damien Egan and Gen Kitchen? Labour's new MPs after by-election victories". Politics.co.uk. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ Taggart, Emma; Scott, Geraldine (14 February 2024). "Meet Labour's Wellingborough candidate scenting victory against Tories". The Times. Retrieved 14 February 2024.