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Jake Richards vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 225 different votes 229 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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