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Nigel Farage vs Mike Reader

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Mike Reader voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 147 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 127 different votes 147 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

54.5%
18% below average
Rank 608 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
6
11 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
586 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
52.3% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
205
47.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.6% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

14
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649
16
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
94
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
14
4 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
No topic data
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
No topic data
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
No topic data
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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