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Jake Richards vs Jim Allister

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 Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Jim Allister voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 256 different votes 294 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 26% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
424
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
587 eligible divisions
218
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.4% of votes cast
206
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
208
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
197
+115.8 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
204
+62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
Contributions
256
+114.8 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 27 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API