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Ed Davey vs Mike Reader

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton
vs
Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Mike Reader voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 172 different votes 208 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 21 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 4 No
Transport 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
Participation
73.1%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
580 eligible divisions
713
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
53.1% of votes cast
558
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
199
46.9% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.6% of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
67
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
103
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Contributions
91
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
14
4 registered categories
11
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sept 2025
Transport
Aye
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