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Nick Smith vs Jake Richards

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

Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney
vs
Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 0 different votes 315 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
41 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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: 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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API