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Jess Phillips vs Jake Richards

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
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Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 244 shared comparable votes.

244 same votes 0 different votes 244 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
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
68
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
223
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 650
Contributions
229
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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