Matt Rodda
Labour MP for Reading Central
Won with 47.7% · Majority: 12,637
The Verdict
A voting record that would make any whip's office proud. Whether it makes their constituents proud is another question entirely.
Subject Grades
How Matt scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 47.7% of the vote, majority of 12,637
Cost of Living
0 kept · 7 broke
5,251 households in fuel poverty locally (10.73%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 4 broke
Local A&E: only 78.9% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Housing
0 kept · 3 broke
52% of constituents rent their home
Environment
0 kept · 4 broke
10.73% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Won with 47.7% of the vote, majority of 12,637
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 6 broke · 2 missed
3,347 children in poverty in this constituency (15.6%)
Follow the Money
What Matt claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners — including 5,251 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Stripped renter protections 3 times in one day — 52% of their constituents rent
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered Interests
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation(1 entry)£4k
Guildford Labour Party
Name of donor: Guildford Labour Party Address of donor: 9b Martyr Road, Guildford GU1 4LF Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: provision of staff time for a member of staff employed by Guildford Labour Party, who is working for me one day a week for some months during 2024, value £3,675 Donor status: registered party (Registered 29 July 2024)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Matt's Expenses
101 individual claims totalling £251,105.55 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(14 claims)£219,349.78
Payroll(1)£192,335.61
Bought-in services(12)£25,684.97
Working From Home Allowance(1)£1,329.20
Office Costs(80 claims)£23,669.98
Rent(10)£17,968.13
Stationery & printing(15)£2,149.54
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(16)£1,082.04
Software & applications(12)£993.70
Parking(6)£909.60
Equipment - hire(5)£658.89
Bought-in services(1)£500.00
Equipment - purchase(3)£412.98
Advertising and contact cards(1)£312.14
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(3)£240.68
Translation services - other languages(2)£136.80
Postage & couriers(1)£130.50
Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection(3)£78.00
Website hosting and design(1)£14.00
Other(1)£-1,917.02
MP Travel(1 claim)£6,648.00
Rail(1)£6,648.00
Staff Travel(6 claims)£1,437.79
Rail(3)£761.44
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£643.10
Parking(1)£22.00
Mileage - car(1)£11.25
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Reading Central: The Real Impact
The people Matt was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024