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Jake Richards vs Saqib Bhatti

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
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Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 277 different votes 280 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
22 Aye 40 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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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