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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.


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 266 different votes 273 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 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
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
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API