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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
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 258 different votes 261 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
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
13 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 348 of 647
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 647
396
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,314
1,605 eligible divisions
209
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
650
49.5 % of votes cast
187
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
664
50.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

49
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 647
Appearances
63
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 647
144
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 647
Contributions
91
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 647

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
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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