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Jake Richards vs Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 300 different votes 320 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 239 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
44.7% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
255
55.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
3.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
141
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£202,248
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£202,248
11% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API