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Jake Richards vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Mr Louie French voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 253 different votes 259 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 650
411
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
980
1,221 eligible divisions
214
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
494
50.4 % of votes cast
197
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
486
49.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

61
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
50
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
204
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Contributions
70
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 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 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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