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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 →

Every Commons division on file for Jake Richards — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 427 of 590 (72%).

8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Ayes 162, Noes 297 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Ayes 108, Noes 357 No
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 Ayes 79, Noes 300 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 No (teller)
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 No (teller)
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No (teller)
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 No (teller)
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 No
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 No
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 No
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 Ayes 188, Noes 341 No (teller)
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 185, Noes 344 No (teller)
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 167, Noes 350 No (teller)
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 No
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Ayes 182, Noes 290 No
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment Ayes 170, Noes 332 No
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 Ayes 77, Noes 298 No
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending Ayes 92, Noes 403 No
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 Ayes 182, Noes 311 No
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 Ayes 173, Noes 323 No
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 Ayes 82, Noes 314 No
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 Ayes 170, Noes 328 No
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case Ayes 174, Noes 327 No
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax Ayes 103, Noes 329 No
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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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