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Jake Richards vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Julia Lopez voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 265 different votes 269 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
24 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 647
Participation
83.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 138 of 647
396
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,725
2,068 eligible divisions
209
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
825
47.8 % of votes cast
187
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
900
52.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 647
Appearances
26
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 647
144
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 647
Contributions
34
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 534 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 161 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 84 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Tax
249 of 284 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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