UK Parliament · member 5082
Jake Richards MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Rother Valley
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Jake Richards, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Legal services provided before my election to Parliament - Deka Chambers (registered 28 August 2024)
Miscellaneous
- Associate member of Deka Chambers. (registered 4 August 2024)
Family members engaged in third-party lobbying
- Steve Richards employed as Lobbyist (registered 3 August 2024)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 385 recorded divisions where Jake Richards and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Jake Richards voted the same way as most voting Labour members 385 times (100.0%).
This compares Jake Richards with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£10,000 across 1 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Together Limited | Company | 1 | £10,000 | 2024-04-03 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £12,404 across 67 claim lines; 2024-25: £187,382 across 148 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 37 | £8,212 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 28 | £4,012 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 2 | £180 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £139,102 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 111 | £29,299 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 23 | £11,163 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £5,694 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 4 | £1,209 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 3 | £915 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT phone and internet March 2025 | £98 | Paid |
| 19 February 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Phone and internet rental Feb 2025 | £98 | Paid |
| 23 January 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT phone and broadband for constituency office Jan 25 | £98 | Paid |
| 18 March 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 18 February 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 21 January 2025 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 19 December 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 19 November 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 22 October 2024 | Accommodation · Rent | — | £975 | Paid |
| 25 September 2024 | Accommodation · Utilities | Water — Water bills for rented property since election | £97 | Paid |
| 20 March 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Printer, photocopier & scanner — FREELANCE OFFSET SERVI [200011725-6895] | £948 | Paid |
| 28 October 2024 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Energy Sep-Oct 2024 | £94 | Paid |
| 1 March 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Dual Fuel Bill for Constituency Home Feb 2026 | £92 | Paid |
| 1 March 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Dual Fuel Bill for Constituency Home Dec 2025 | £91 | Paid |
| 9 January 2026 | Accommodation · Utilities | Dual Fuel — Dual Fuel Bill for Constituency Home Nov 25 | £91 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.