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Jake Richards vs Tom Tugendhat

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

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Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
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Tom Tugendhat
Con Tonbridge

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Tom Tugendhat voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 219 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 214 different votes 219 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 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
42 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 354 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,740
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
835
48.0% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
905
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649
Contributions
119
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 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
£2,161,547
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£287,101
27% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
45
5 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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
141 of 171 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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