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Jake Richards vs Lauren Edwards

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 Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 0 different votes 338 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
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 378 of 649
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 95 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
575 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
49.9 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
245
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Appearances
46
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
204
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
64
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API