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Jake Richards

Labour Rother Valley

Voting record

6
Voted for
0
Voted against
3
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Jake Richards’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 86%

How often Jake Richards voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Jake Richards currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) — Ministry of Justice — since 2025-09-07 Government
Previously held
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) (2025-09-07 to 2026-07-22) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Jake Richards →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Legal services provided before my election to Parliament
Payer: Deka Chambers (Barrister Chambers), 5 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1DR
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
(Registered 28 August 2024)

Crime & justice
10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Steve Richards
Relationship: Father
Role: Freelance
(Registered 3 August 2024)

8. Miscellaneous

Associate member of Deka Chambers.
(Registered 4 August 2024)

Crime & justice

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Jake Richards yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Jake Richards has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£200,999.71 paid out to or for Jake Richards across 218 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Jake Richards’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £139,282.09 (4 claims)
Office Costs — £38,724.42 (151 claims)
Accommodation — £15,175.08 (51 claims)
MP Travel — £5,694.13 (5 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,209.48 (4 claims)
Dependant Travel — £914.51 (3 claims)
Most recent claims
Equipment - purchase — £54.00, 2026-03-26 — Office furniture
Website hosting and design — £57.46, 2026-03-25 — www.jakerichards.co.uk
Equipment - purchase — £63.96, 2026-03-25 — Sundries
Equipment - purchase — £249.00, 2026-03-25 — Television
Stationery & printing — £702.00, 2026-03-24 — FREELANCE OFFSET SERVI [200013613-7643]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £106.06, 2026-03-18 — Landline & internet package
Bought-in services — £80.00, 2026-03-16 — Comms & Media
Stationery & printing — £263.09, 2026-03-11 — FREELANCE OFFSET SERVI [200013613-3714]

Every claim on file for Jake Richards →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Jake Richards — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Jake Richards’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Jake Richards isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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