
Mike Reader
Labour MP for Northampton South
Won with 38.5% · Majority: 4,071
The Verdict
The whip's office must love this one. Never a moment of doubt, never a flicker of independence, never a vote that matched what was promised on the campaign trail.
Subject Grades
How Mike scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 38.5% of the vote, majority of 4,071
Welfare & Benefits
0 kept · 6 broke · 3 missed
4,355 children in poverty in this constituency (18.7%)
Cost of Living
0 kept · 6 broke · 1 missed
3,301 households in fuel poverty locally (7.25%)
NHS & Health
0 kept · 4 broke
Local A&E: only 74.7% seen within 4 hours (target: 95%)
Environment
0 kept · 1 broke · 3 missed
7.25% of local households in fuel poverty
Immigration
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 2 broke · 1 missed
Won with 38.5% of the vote, majority of 4,071
Follow the Money
What Mike 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 3,301 fuel poor households in their own constituency
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 4,355 children live in poverty in their constituency
Top gift: £1k from Mace Consult Limited
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered Interests
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources(15 entries)£8k
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: February and March 2025 cost of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructed Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £1,248 Date received: 2 April 2025 Date accepted: 2 April 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 22 May 2025)
The British Racing Drivers' Club Limited
Name of donor: The British Racing Drivers' Club Limited Address of donor: Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Attended the British Grand Prix as local MP and member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motorsports, value £1,195 Date received: 6 July 2025 Date accepted: 6 July 2025 Donor status: company, registration 00257980 (Registered 31 July 2025)
The Food and Drink Federation
Name of donor: The Food and Drink Federation Address of donor: 10 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for myself and my spouse to the Food and Drink Industry Dinner 2025, (£395 per person), value £790 Date received: 26 March 2025 Date accepted: 26 March 2025 Donor status: company, registration 00210572 (Registered 31 March 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: April 2025 cost of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case of their former employee Mr Reader, value £725.76 Date received: 30 April 2025 Date accepted: 30 April 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 22 May 2025)
Centre for Turkey Studies & Development
Name of donor: Centre for Turkey Studies & Development Address of donor: Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets for myself and my spouse for an awards evening including, food, refreshments and entertainment (£360 per person), value £720 Date received: 26 February 2025 Date accepted: 26 March 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07512777 (Registered 31 March 2025; updated 29 April 2025)
Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd
Name of donor: Jockey Club Racecourses Ltd Address of donor: 21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London, England WC1N 3NL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: In my role as an Ambassador for Labour Society of Sport, I accepted two tickets from the Jockey Club for an organised visit, value £680 Date received: 6 June 2025 Date accepted: 6 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 02909409 (Registered 30 June 2025)
SME4LABOUR LTD
Name of donor: SME4LABOUR LTD Address of donor: Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I attended this event to deliver the opening speech, which was followed by a two course dinner, speeches, free bar with soft and alcoholic drinks, value £600 Date received: 4 March 2025 Date accepted: 4 March 2025 Donor status: company, registration 10685562 (Registered 31 March 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: May 2025 cost of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £575.04 Date received: 31 July 2025 Date accepted: 31 July 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 31 July 2025)
Built Enviroment Networking Limited
Name of donor: Built Enviroment Networking Limited Address of donor: 5th Floor 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel room for 2 nights £225 per night (£550 in total for 2 night's stay), value £550 Date received: 19 May 2025 to 21 May 2025 Date accepted: 19 May 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07110641 (Registered 26 June 2025)
Nutricia Limited
Name of donor: Nutricia Limited Address of donor: Newmarket Avenue, Whitehorse Business Park, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 0XQ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Attended Wimbledon with Danone (Evian Water) in capacity as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink, value £540 Date received: 5 July 2025 Date accepted: 5 July 2025 Donor status: company, registration 00275552 (Registered 31 July 2025)
SME4LABOUR LTD
Name of donor: SME4LABOUR LTD Address of donor: Flat 80 County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accepted ticket to attend SME4Labour Gala & Excellence Awards, value £300 Date received: 4 November 2025 Date accepted: 4 November 2025 Donor status: company, registration 10685562 (Registered 21 November 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: June 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £201.60 Date received: 27 June 2025 Date accepted: 27 June 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 27 June 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: May 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £161.28 Date received: 31 May 2025 to 31 May 2025 Date accepted: 31 May 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 17 June 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: October 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £90.72 Date received: 31 October 2025 Date accepted: 31 October 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 20 November 2025)
Mace Consult Limited
Name of donor: Mace Consult Limited Address of donor: 155 Moorgate, London EC2M 6XB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: November 2025 costs of legal services arranged and paid for by Mace Consult Limited, instructing Pinsent Masons LLP to act on their behalf in employment tribunal case, value £45.36 Date received: 30 November 2025 Date accepted: 30 November 2025 Donor status: company, registration 07094851 (Registered 18 December 2025)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation(1 entry)£2k
Homes for Britain Ltd
Name of donor: Homes for Britain Ltd Address of donor: 12 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,155 fundraiser donation Donor status: company, registration 14724694 (Registered 26 January 2026)
4. Visits outside the UK(2 entries)£1k
Bahrain
Paid by: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust
Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust Address of donor: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £709.22 london Heathrow to Bahrain Friday 2nd May 2025, return Monday 5th May 2025, paid by myself online and reimbursed afterwards by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust Destination of visit: Bahrain Dates of visit: 2 May 2025 to 5 May 2025 Purpose of visit: As member of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme, visited military installations in Bahrain on this organised visit for Parliamentarians. (Registered 14 October 2025)
Belgium
Paid by: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc
Name of donor: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc Address of donor: Pemberton House, Bakers Road, Uxbridge UB8 1EZ Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Train travel (£160) and overnight accommodation (£300), value £460 Destination of visit: Belgium Dates of visit: 26 October 2025 to 27 October 2025 Purpose of visit: In my role as Chair of the APPG for Food and Drink, I was invited to visit Coca Cola's Research and Development site in Brussels. (Registered 21 November 2025)
6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year(1 entry)
Undisclosed
Type of land/property: Residential property (House) Number of properties: 1 Location: Rushden Ownership details: Co-owned with my wife Rental income: Yes (Registered 17 July 2024)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Mike's Expenses
117 individual claims totalling £221,450.78 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(23 claims)£157,986.25
Payroll(1)£127,988.75
Bought-in services(14)£22,369.00
Pooled staffing services(4)£4,776.00
Training - staff(3)£1,952.50
Recruitment Services &Costs(1)£900.00
Office Costs(56 claims)£35,977.72
Rent(9)£17,976.78
Software & applications(14)£7,428.22
Equipment - purchase(13)£5,521.73
Stationery & printing(10)£2,280.37
Postage & couriers(1)£1,520.00
Advertising and contact cards(1)£470.51
Mobile telephone - equipment purchase(1)£421.11
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(6)£224.00
Recruitment Services &Costs(1)£135.00
Accommodation(22 claims)£20,113.57
Rent(7)£12,150.04
Hotel - London(9)£5,477.68
Council tax(2)£1,645.06
Utilities(3)£788.79
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(1)£52.00
Staff Travel(6 claims)£3,767.59
Rail(2)£2,644.10
Hotel - London(1)£604.00
Mileage - car(1)£320.49
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£173.00
Parking(1)£26.00
MP Travel(7 claims)£3,374.65
Rail(2)£2,487.42
Mileage - car(2)£780.75
Subsistence(2)£83.28
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£23.20
Miscellaneous(3 claims)£231.00
Removals(3)£231.00
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Northampton South: The Real Impact
The people Mike 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