Jake Richards

Jake Richards

Labour MP for Rother Valley

Labour backbencher with extensive parliamentary experience in social and foreign affairs, first elected in 2015 and active on community and public policy issues.

Message

Seat status

Relatively safe

Majority size

10,000

Recent swing

+3% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Trade unions

Individual small donors

Party central funds

Primary funding:

Public sector unions

Education

Health

Where Jake fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Shabana Mehmood

Shabana Mehmood

Home Secretary

Jake Richards

Jake Richards

Member of Parliament

Rother Valley

Wards

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Foreign Affairs Select Committee
  • International Development Committee