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Jake Richards vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 284 different votes 291 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
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
42 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API