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Mike Reader vs Ben Maguire

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

Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
vs
Photograph of Ben Maguire
Ben Maguire
LD North Cornwall

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Ben Maguire voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 229 different votes 274 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 27% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 27 No
Tax 7% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 12 No
Transport 13% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
same as average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
61.0%
12% below average
Rank 569 of 649
424
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
354
580 eligible divisions
225
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
54.2% of votes cast
199
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.8% of votes cast
11
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
95
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
92
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Contributions
108
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8% below average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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