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Jake Richards vs Jo Stevens

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 Jo Stevens
Jo Stevens
Lab Cardiff East

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Jo Stevens voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 0 different votes 272 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
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 330 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,763
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
54.6% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
801
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,912,752
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£253,083
12% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Education
77 of 96 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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