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James MacCleary vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Jake Richards voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 199 different votes 255 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
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 30% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 32 No
Tax 6% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 368 of 650
369
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
595 eligible divisions
192
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
51.4% of votes cast
177
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
210
48.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

94
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
69
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
103
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650
Contributions
252
+103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
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
27 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API