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Jake Richards vs Damian Hinds

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 Damian Hinds
Damian Hinds
Con East Hampshire

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Damian Hinds voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 310 different votes 316 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 68 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,039
2,361 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
979
48.0 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Contributions
113
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 265 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
£2,055,176
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£219,626
3 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
161 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
56 of 60 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
84 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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