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Jake Richards

Labour MP for Rother Valley, since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Jake Richards is the Labour MP for Rother Valley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice).

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Scorecard

72.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
381 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 33 as teller
161 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
115 Debates spoken in 20 written questions tabled

Ranked 327 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 Teller 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 Teller 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 Teller 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 Teller 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 Teller 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 Teller 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 Teller 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 Teller 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No vote 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No vote 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No vote 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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)

On the register since 1 Apr 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Google UK Ltd
Address of donor: 1-13 St Giles High Street, London WC2H 8AG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality as a guest of YouTube at Glastonbury Festival 2025, value £2,908.02
Date received: 27 June 2025
Date accepted: 27 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration 03977902
(Registered 26 July 2025)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

8. Miscellaneous

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

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

115 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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