Mike Reader, MP for Northampton South
Mike Reader has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 2025 | |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2025 | |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
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.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Silverstone Circuits Limited - £4,300.00 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mace Consult Limited - £725.76 | 22 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mace Consult Limited - £162.48 | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mace Consult Limited - £149.04 | 22 Apr 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Homes for Britain Ltd - £2,155.00 | 26 Jan 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mace Consult Limited - £45.36 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | SME4LABOUR LTD - £300.00 | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Belgium between 26 October 2025 and 27 October 2025 | 21 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mace Consult Limited - £90.72 | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Bahrain between 02 May 2025 and 05 May 2025 | 14 Oct 2025 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Rushden | 17 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
Latest questions
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.
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.
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.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
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
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Reader | Labour | 16,890 | 38.5% |
| Andrew Lewer | Conservative | 12,819 | 29.2% |
| Tony Owens | Reform UK | 8,210 | 18.7% |
| Jill Hope | Liberal Democrat | 3,193 | 7.3% |
| Simon Sneddon | Green Party | 2,398 | 5.5% |
| Katie Simpson | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 296 | 0.7% |
| Penelope Tollitt | Climate Party | 98 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Mike Reader took part in 180 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Mike Reader voted the same way as their party in 178 of the 178 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
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