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Jake Richards vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Steve Reed voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 192 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 0 different votes 192 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
31 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 650
Participation
62.1%
11% below average
Rank 554 of 650
432
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,482
2,387 eligible divisions
222
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
58.5% of votes cast
210
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
615
41.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

70
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 650
Appearances
46
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650
275
+125.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
410
+260.9 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API