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Jake Richards vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Helen Whately voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 275 different votes 281 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
20 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API