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Peter Fortune vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Peter Fortune and Jake Richards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 280 different votes 287 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 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
188
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
238
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Contributions
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,830
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£180,830
20% below average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
4
4 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API