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Jake Richards vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Alex Burghart voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 259 different votes 261 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 648
Participation
85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 648
396
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
209
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
48.0 % of votes cast
187
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
914
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
144
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
103
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Transport
19 of 21 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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