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Mike Reader vs Sir Ashley Fox

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

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Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
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Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 296 different votes 305 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
1 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
Participation
76.9%
4% above average
Rank 267 of 649
433
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
590 eligible divisions
226
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
206
45.4% of votes cast
207
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
248
54.6% of votes cast
13
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
Appearances
171
+87.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
99
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649
Contributions
251
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 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
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8% below average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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