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Jake Richards vs Elaine Stewart

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 Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

273 same votes 1 different votes 274 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
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 92% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
41 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
590 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
160
44.1% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
203
55.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
36
-109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Housing
25 of 32 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Tax
81 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API