Mike Reader.

Mike Reader's most distinctive parliamentary move has been his votes against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which passed its Third Reading in June 2025. Reader voted against the bill at its final Commons stage and backed multiple restrictive amendments — including one that would have barred applicants whose wish to die was substantially driven by fear of being a burden, mental disorder, disability, or financial hardship. His voting pattern on this issue sits 21 percentage points more sceptical of assisted dying than the Labour average, making it one of his clearest departures from the party mainstream. Otherwise, he has been a 97% party-line voter, backing government positions on housing planning reform, the Immigration and Asylum Bill, and trade union balloting modernisation.

Reader's participation rate of 73% is below the Commons average, though not unusually so for a first-term MP managing both parliamentary and constituency demands. His 121 contributions across 73 debates skew heavily toward economy and jobs, local government, and housing — consistent with his seat in Northampton South, a constituency with active development pressures. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, near-zero alignment with civil liberties and business-friendly positions. He sits on the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, and energy features prominently in his speech record.

Beyond the chamber, Reader has secured a new Urgent Treatment Centre for Northampton and championed a ground investigation data-sharing Bill praised by industry engineers. He attracted negative press in August 2025 after The Mirror reported he had used ChatGPT to draft constituent replies on a train, raising data-security concerns — he defended the practice but it drew parliamentary criticism. No recent local news data is available for the past 90 days.