MP for Rother Valley
Assistant Whip
“A party loyalist and junior government minister who rarely rebels but has very low voting attendance.”
Jake Richards is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Rother Valley, elected in 2024. He currently serves as Assistant Whip and, from September 2025, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice. He has previously sat on the Home Affairs Committee and on the committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
Richards shows 100% party loyalty (above the Labour average of 99%), but his voting attendance is only 14% (well below the 34% party average). He has zero rebel votes. His record indicates a centre-left stance, with consistent support for workers’ rights and renters’ protections, a mixed approach to Universal Credit and protest rights, and a pattern of voting against stronger mental health services, transgender rights, and tougher prison sentencing.
Declares four financial interests: earnings from employment; a family member engaged in third-party lobbying; gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; and miscellaneous interests.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
4 positions
Assistant Whip
Since Sept 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Since Sept 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Home Affairs Committee
Oct 2024 - Oct 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NOPrivilege
NOChildren's School and Wellbeing Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 38V to 38X
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
AYECollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 85, 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 etc
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 94B and 94C
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C
AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Crime and Policing Bill: Government motion in relation to LA439
AYECrime and Policing Bill
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026
AYEAssistant Whip
Government role · 7 Sept 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Government role · 7 Sept 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Parliamentary role · 15 Jan 2025
Home Affairs Committee
Parliamentary role · 21 Oct 2024
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
