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Jake Richards vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 0 different votes 339 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
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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