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Jake Richards vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Michael Shanks voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

277 same votes 5 different votes 282 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
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 428 of 650
Participation
63.6%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 650
443
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
824 eligible divisions
225
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
46.9% of votes cast
218
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
278
53.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

69
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Appearances
117
+21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
290
+122.9 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
Contributions
639
+471.9 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Trade
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 48 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#3
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 33 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Closure motion 16 Oct 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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