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Jake Richards vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 203 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 200 different votes 203 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.1 %
same as average
Rank 359 of 647
Participation
67.4 %
5 % below average
Rank 480 of 647
400
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,573
2,333 eligible divisions
209
52.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
736
46.8 % of votes cast
191
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
837
53.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 647
Appearances
49
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 647
144
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 647
Contributions
54
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Defence
25 of 27 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 75 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
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
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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