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Jake Richards vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 201 different votes 204 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
441
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,405 eligible divisions
224
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.2% of votes cast
217
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
834
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

72
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
15
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
298
+143.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Contributions
23
-131.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
173 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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