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Jake Richards vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 229 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 227 different votes 229 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
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
44 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
22 Aye 44 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.3 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 648
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 599 of 648
396
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,314
2,312 eligible divisions
209
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
600
45.7 % of votes cast
187
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
714
54.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

49
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 648
Appearances
88
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
144
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
63
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Transport
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
46 of 59 votes
Defence
21 of 22 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Transport
19 of 21 votes
#5
Trade
63 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API