Matt Rodda Portrait

Matt Rodda

Labour - Reading Central

First elected: 8th June 2017


1 APPG membership (as of 30 May 2024)
Western Rail Link to Heathrow
2 Former APPG memberships
Oracy, River Thames
Shadow Minister (AI and Intellectual Property)
5th Sep 2023 - 30th May 2024
Football Governance Bill
8th May 2024 - 23rd May 2024
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
7th Feb 2024 - 20th Feb 2024
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Pensions)
7th Jan 2021 - 5th Sep 2023
Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill
8th Mar 2023 - 15th Mar 2023
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
18th Jan 2023 - 25th Jan 2023
Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill
26th Jan 2022 - 2nd Feb 2022
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]
19th Jan 2022 - 27th Jan 2022
Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill
8th Jun 2021 - 15th Jun 2021
Shadow Minister (Transport) (Buses)
12th Jan 2018 - 7th Jan 2021


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Matt Rodda has voted in 0 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Christopher Chope (Conservative)
(1 debate interactions)
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Legislation Debates
Matt Rodda has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debate
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Latest EDMs signed by Matt Rodda

24th February 2020
Matt Rodda signed this EDM on Tuesday 25th February 2020

Assaults on shopworkers

Tabled by: Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
That this House deplores the rise in verbal and physical abuse of shopworkers, notes that according to research conducted by USDAW, over 400 retail workers were assaulted each day last year and that 62 per cent of retail staff have been the victim of either verbal or physical abuse; further …
69 signatures
(Most recent: 15 Sep 2020)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 55
Scottish National Party: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 3
Conservative: 3
Independent: 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1
Liberal Democrat: 1
Green Party: 1
15th October 2019
Matt Rodda signed this EDM on Tuesday 15th October 2019

Bus passes for WASPI women

Tabled by: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
That this House is concerned that not all the women living in England who are affected by the 2011 changes to state pension age are entitled to a free bus pass; notes that a free bus pass is a small concession, given that women born in the 1950s have lost …
49 signatures
(Most recent: 5 Nov 2019)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 32
Scottish National Party: 6
Independent: 4
Conservative: 3
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Plaid Cymru: 1
Green Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Matt Rodda, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Matt Rodda has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Matt Rodda has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Matt Rodda


A Bill to enable provision to be made for appeals relating to free childcare for young children of working parents to be settled by agreement; to make further provision designed to increase efficiency in the administration of free childcare schemes; to make provision about the promotion of the availability of free childcare, including to disadvantaged groups; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Friday 29th October 2021
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Matt Rodda has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Matt Rodda has not asked any Written Questions in the current parliament