Compare

Jake Richards vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 223 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 219 different votes 223 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
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 189 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,896
2,354 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
905
47.7 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
991
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

63
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
73
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
206
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
Contributions
104
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 89 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
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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