MP for Rother Valley
Assistant Whip
“A party-loyal junior minister with unusually low voting attendance.”
Jake Richards is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Rother Valley, first elected in 2024. He serves as an Assistant Whip and, since September 2025, as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, after earlier work on the Home Affairs Committee and the End of Life (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill committee.
He shows 100% party loyalty but only 14% voting attendance, with no rebel votes. He generally supports workers’ rights protections and trade union powers, and backs renter protections, while more often opposing measures on crime sentencing, climate change, mental health services, and transgender rights; his position on universal credit is mixed and he sits around the centre-left on the political spectrum (43/100).
Declares four financial interests: earnings from employment; a family member engaged in third-party lobbying; gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; and a miscellaneous entry.
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: 33%
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.
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
AYEVictims and Courts Bill
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
NOOpposition day motion: student loans
NODraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYEDraft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44
AYEChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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.
