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Jake Richards vs Neil O'Brien

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 Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 268 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
40 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
411
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,095 eligible divisions
214
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
49.3 % of votes cast
197
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
903
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
20
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
203
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650
Contributions
26
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 578 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
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