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Mike Reader vs Sarah Gibson

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 Sarah Gibson
Sarah Gibson
LD Chippenham

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 233 different votes 275 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 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 24% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 19 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
424
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
580 eligible divisions
225
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
53.0% of votes cast
199
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
171
47.0% 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
26
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
92
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Contributions
32
-105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8% below average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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