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Jake Richards vs Jim Dickson

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 Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

368 same votes 0 different votes 368 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
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 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
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 35 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
590 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
48.0% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
272
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
144
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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