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Jake Richards vs Sir Gavin Williamson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 264 different votes 270 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
43 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
18 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API