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Jake Richards vs Chris Bloore

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 Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Chris Bloore voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 2 different votes 307 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
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
442
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
631 eligible divisions
225
50.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
48.5% of votes cast
217
49.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

72
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Appearances
112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
296
+131.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
127
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£167,691
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£167,691
26% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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