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Last 12 months

How Mike Reader votes

Mike Reader voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 178 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Mike Reader has 11 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesSilverstone Circuits Limited - £4,300.0016 Jul 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesMace Consult Limited - £725.7622 Jun 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesMace Consult Limited - £162.4822 Apr 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesMace Consult Limited - £149.0422 Apr 2026
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPHomes for Britain Ltd - £2,155.0026 Jan 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesMace Consult Limited - £45.3618 Dec 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesSME4LABOUR LTD - £300.0021 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Belgium between 26 October 2025 and 27 October 202521 Nov 2025
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesMace Consult Limited - £90.7220 Nov 2025
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Bahrain between 02 May 2025 and 05 May 202514 Oct 2025
Show the other 1
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Land and property (within or outside the UK)Property in Rushden17 Jul 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Mike Reader asked 32 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Treasury7
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7
Department of Health and Social Care5
Department for Culture, Media and Sport4
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government2

Latest questions

28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 9 Sep 2026
28 Aug 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 9 Sep 2026
9 Jun 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 17 Jun 2026
9 Jun 2026 · to the Treasury
Answered 17 Jun 2026
3 Jun 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 8 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£18,662
Office costs · claims for running an office£8,734
Staffing · claims relating to staff£8,164
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£1,764

42 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Mike Reader represents Northampton South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Mike Reader

Labour

MAJORITY
4,071

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Mike Reader won with 38% of the votes, and Andrew Lewer (Conservative) came second with 29%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 16,890
Conservative29% · 12,819
Reform UK19% · 8,210
Liberal Democrat7% · 3,193
Green Party5% · 2,398
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1% · 296
Everyone else0% · 98
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mike ReaderLabour16,89038.5%
Andrew LewerConservative12,81929.2%
Tony OwensReform UK8,21018.7%
Jill HopeLiberal Democrat3,1937.3%
Simon SneddonGreen Party2,3985.5%
Katie SimpsonTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2960.7%
Penelope TollittClimate Party980.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£692 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.3%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this