Jake Richards.

A steady Labour loyalist who has made male suicide his signature issue, Jake Richards raised the crisis at PMQs, helped establish an All-Party Parliamentary Group on the subject, and has worked directly with support organisations in Maltby, Dinnington and Kiveton Park. In September 2025 he was appointed to a government role — the Rotherham Advertiser reported it as a step up that could bring more influence to bear for Rother Valley. He has cast no rebel votes across his parliamentary career, voting with Labour on every recorded division.

His participation rate of 72% sits below the Commons average. He has spoken in 115 debates — 404 contributions in total — with crime, social care and health dominating his speech topics, a pattern consistent with his public campaigning on mental health and community safety. His voting record shows strong alignment with housing development (93%) and fiscal responsibility (92%), and he backed the government's planning reforms to streamline small housing applications and the 50% steel import tariff — both directly relevant to a post-industrial Yorkshire constituency. His pro-climate-action score of 52% is notably lower than his other Labour-aligned stances, despite voting for all four climate measures put to the Commons in late June 2026.

Two deviations from his party's average stand out. On assisted dying, Richards votes more often in favour of access (89%, versus a party average of 58%) and less often for restrictions. His child welfare score shows a 47-percentage-point gap below the Labour average, though the available data does not explain why. He sits on no select committees. Local news coverage from the past 90 days is too limited to assess current constituency sentiment.