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Jake Richards vs Jeff Smith

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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

369 same votes 0 different votes 369 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
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API