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Brian Mathew vs Jake Richards

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Jake Richards voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 209 different votes 249 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 379 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
580 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
52.2% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
200
47.8% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
61
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
204
+66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API