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Matt Rodda

Matt Rodda

Labour MP for Reading Central

Matt Rodda is the Labour MP for Reading Central, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

Message

Seat status

Very safe

Majority size

12,637

Recent swing

-4.9% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Guildford Labour Party (£3,675)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

VOTED AYE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

Matt voted with the majority

VOTED NO
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Matt voted against the majority

VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Matt voted with the majority

Where Matt fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Matt Rodda

Matt Rodda

Member of Parliament

Reading Central

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

No current committee memberships