Jake Richards was reappointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice on 22 July 2026, as the Minister for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology.

He was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Youth Justice and International Justice in the Ministry of Justice and an Assistant Whip in the House of Commons between 7 September 2025 and 22 July 2026.

He was elected as the MP for Rother Valley in July 2024.

He was called to the bar in 2017 and practised as a barrister until his election to Parliament.