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Jake Richards vs Kirsty Blackman

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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 110 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 66 different votes 110 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
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 75% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Defence 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 6 No
Tax 20% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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