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Mike Reader

Labour MP for Northampton South, since 4 July 2024

Mike Reader is the Labour MP for Northampton South, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

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Scorecard

72.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
418 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
156 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
10 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
13 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
73 Debates spoken in 71 written questions tabled

Ranked 313 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No vote 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No vote 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No vote 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Aye 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No vote 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading No vote 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No vote 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 362–107

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Homes for Britain Ltd
Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,155 fundraiser donation
Donor status: company, registration 14724694
(Registered 26 January 2026)

On the register since 3 Feb 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: May 2026 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £725.76
Date received: 31 May 2026
Date accepted: 31 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 22 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: February 2026 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £149.04
Date received: 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 28 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 22 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: January 2026 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £162.48
Date received: 31 January 2026
Date accepted: 31 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 22 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: November 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £45.36
Date received: 30 November 2025
Date accepted: 30 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 18 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: October 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £90.72
Date received: 31 October 2025
Date accepted: 31 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 20 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: SME4LABOUR LTD
Address of donor: Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accepted ticket to attend SME4Labour Gala & Excellence Awards, value £300
Date received: 4 November 2025
Date accepted: 4 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10685562
(Registered 21 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: The British Racing Drivers' Club Limited
Address of donor: Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Attended the British Grand Prix as local MP and member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motorsports, value £1,195
Date received: 6 July 2025
Date accepted: 6 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00257980
(Registered 31 July 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Nutricia Limited
Address of donor: Newmarket Avenue, Whitehorse Business Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0XQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Attended Wimbledon with Danone (Evian Water) in capacity as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink, value £540
Date received: 5 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00275552
(Registered 31 July 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited
Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: May 2025 cost of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £575.04
Date received: 31 July 2025
Date accepted: 31 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 07094851
(Registered 31 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
Address of donor: Pemberton House, Bakers Road, Uxbridge UB8 1EZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Train travel (£160) and overnight accommodation (£300), value £460
Destination of visit: Belgium
Dates of visit: 26 October 2025 to 27 October 2025
Purpose of visit: In my role as Chair of the APPG for Food and Drink, I was invited to visit Coca Cola's Research and Development site in Brussels.
(Registered 21 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Address of donor: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £709.22 london Heathrow to Bahrain Friday 2nd May 2025, return Monday 5th May 2025, paid by myself online and reimbursed afterwards by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Destination of visit: Bahrain
Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025
Purpose of visit: As member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, visited military installations in Bahrain on this organised visit for Parliamentarians.
(Registered 14 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Rushden
Ownership details: Co-owned with my wife
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 17 July 2024)

On the register since 17 Jul 2025

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Debates

73 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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