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Stephen Kinnock vs Jake Richards

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Jake Richards voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

332 same votes 0 different votes 332 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
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
779
43.5% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
2
0.1% 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

115
+31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
443
+297.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above 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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
182 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
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
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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