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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.


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 277 different votes 283 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
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 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
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 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
3
3 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API