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Jake Richards vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Helen Grant voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 199 different votes 204 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
0 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
73.9 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,354 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
818
47.0 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
921
53.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
Appearances
18
-57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
205
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649
Contributions
31
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
6 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
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
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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