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Jake Richards vs Samantha Dixon

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 Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 0 different votes 308 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
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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