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Jake Richards vs Luke Taylor

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
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Luke Taylor
LD Sutton and Cheam

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Luke Taylor voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 196 different votes 248 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
0 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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
66.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 496 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
381
575 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
210
55.1 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
171
44.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
86
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
204
+65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
Contributions
106
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 291 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
£179,501
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,501
21 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Education
42 of 50 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
26 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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