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Jake Richards vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Liz Kendall voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 0 different votes 217 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
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
875
57.2% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
655
42.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

68
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Appearances
35
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
229
+82.1 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Contributions
483
+336.1 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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