Matt Rodda MP: votes, interests and costs
Matt Rodda (Labour) is the MP for Reading Central, in the seat since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Matt Rodda; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (AI and Intellectual Property) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 7 January 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Transport) (Buses) | Department for Transport | 12 January 2018 | 7 January 2021 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL] | 7 February 2024 | 20 February 2024 |
| Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill | 18 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 |
| Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill | 26 January 2022 | 2 February 2022 |
| Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL] | 19 January 2022 | 27 January 2022 |
| Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill | 8 June 2021 | 15 June 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 928c9c54958d.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Matt Rodda, as the MP registered them: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Latest registration 29 July 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Guildford Labour Party - £3,675.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 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 of the benefit: £3,675.00
- Name of the donor: Guildford Labour Party
- Status of the donor: Registered Party
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Matt Rodda's 2024-25 staffing spend as £213,891 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £220,469. IPSA lists office spending of £32,204 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £213,891.15 | £220,469.37 | £213,628.97 |
| Office costs: spent | £32,204.31 | £29,925.38 | £26,117.88 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,085.79 | £6,986.93 | £6,698.30 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £0 (Standard non-London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Reading Central BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Secretary (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant ×2 (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant ×3 (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 541 votes by Matt Rodda in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 60 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 14 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Matt Rodda voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 7 written questions from Matt Rodda since 4 July 2024. The latest 7 were addressed to Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Transport and 1 other departments.
Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what scientific evidence his Department is using to inform its work on climate change.
Incinerators: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to re-introduce the moratorium on allowing the development of incinerators to go ahead; and what his policy is when an incinerator project has received pla …
Parking: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle persistent nuisance parking on public highways.
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) business case status and (b) RIBA stage is of the scheme to rebuild the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding (a) his Department has allocated and (b) was confirmed by the Treasury by 31 July 2024 for the (i) rebuild of Royal Berkshire Hospital and (ii) New Hospitals Programme.
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the scheme to rebuild the Royal Berkshire Hospital has received up to the end of the 2023-24 financial year.
Royal Berkshire Hospital: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of rebuilding the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 dabbabce7493. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Matt Rodda.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 12,637 for Matt Rodda in Reading Central in July 2024, from 21,598 votes on a turnout of 61.5%. Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Reading Central figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.