British Labour Party politician, MP for Reading East
Matt Rodda
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Minister for AI and Intellectual Property
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2023
Leader
Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Office established
Shadow Minister for Pensions
In office 7 January 2021 – 5 September 2023
Leader
Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Jack Dromey
Succeeded by
Gill Furniss
Shadow Minister for Buses
In office 12 January 2018 – 7 January 2021
Leader
Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer
Preceded by
Richard Burden
Succeeded by
Sam Tarry
Member of Parliament for Reading East
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2017[1]
Preceded by
Rob Wilson
Majority
5,924 (10.6%)
Personal details
Born
(1966-12-15) 15 December 1966 (age 57)
Political party
Labour
Alma mater
University of Sussex
Website
Official website
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda (born 15 December 1966) is a British former journalist and civil servant, and a current Labour Party politician. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP)[2] for the Reading East parliamentary constituency and Shadow Minister for AI and Intellectual Property.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
^"Contact information for Matt Rodda - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".
^"Matt Rodda MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^"Jeremy Corbyn makes frontbench appointments". Labour Press. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^"Reading East parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 – BBC News". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^"South East 2014 European Elections Hustings". Dialogue Society. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^"An interview with Matt Rodda, Labour's candidate for East Surrey". The Caterham and District Independent. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
^"Matt Rodda". MyParliament. UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^"Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
Matthew Richard Allen Rodda (born 15 December 1966) is a British former journalist and civil servant, and a current Labour Party politician. He is the...
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cultural hub at the gaol. These include a petition started by local MP MattRodda and the "Reading Gaol Hug" in which about 1000 people surrounded the gaol...
November 2020 – via Twitter. Rodgers, Sienna. "New roles for Dromey, Anderson, Rodda and Tarry in Labour reshuffle". LabourList. Archived from the original on...
Twitter. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023. "Instagram". MattRodda [@MattRodda] (15 August 2022). "🌹RESELECTED IN READING EAST🌹 I am really pleased...
Minister, and MattRodda Shadow Buses Minister. Kane was subsequently appointed McCarthy's Aviation brief, alongside Maritime, and Rodda covered the Regional...
advice". Sky News. 28 September 2021. Lewis, Isobel (30 September 2021). "Matt Lucas calls LGB Alliance 'anti-trans': 'It doesn't represent me or any gay...
from the European Union. He received 23,344 votes, but came second to MattRodda, standing for the Labour Party, with 27,093 votes, a majority of 3,759...
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selection vote at the local association. She had previously narrowly lost out to Matt Hancock for selection as the candidate for West Suffolk prior to the 2010...
February 2024. Elgot, Jessica; Khomami, Nadia; Dyer, Henry (1 November 2022). "Matt Hancock loses Tory whip after agreeing to appear on I'm a Celebrity". The...
2022. Rodgers, Sienna (7 January 2021). "New roles for Dromey, Anderson, Rodda and Tarry in Labour reshuffle". LabourList. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Rodgers...
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Gambling and Digital Economy Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy MattRodda MP Shadow Minister for Pensions Shadow Minister for AI and Intellectual...
• Leadership Leader & Cabinet • MPs John Redwood (C) Theresa May (C) MattRodda (L) James Sunderland (C) Area • Total 69.10 sq mi (178.98 km2) • Rank...
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414 16,047 Laura Farris † Lee Dillon ¤ Reading East BC 77,152 5,924 MattRodda ‡ Craig Morley † Reading West CC 74,137 4,117 Alok Sharma † Rachel Eden...
Fleur Anderson in the same constituency) Jolyon Maugham, barrister For MattRodda (Labour): People's Vote For Rachel Eden (Labour): Compass More United...
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