Kate Dearden

Labour (Co-op) MP for Halifax, since 4 July 2024

Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Kate Dearden is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Halifax, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade).

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Scorecard

86.3% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote

426 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 70 as teller

79 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs

7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

58 Debates spoken in 7 written questions tabled

Ranked 74 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
15 Jul 2026	Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division	No vote	330–109
15 Jul 2026	Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	No vote	330–109
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19	No vote	104–412
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199	No vote	102–409
14 Jul 2026	Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3	No vote	93–323
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading	No vote	264–90
13 Jul 2026	Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No vote	97–358
8 Jul 2026	Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	283–182
8 Jul 2026	Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	317–103
8 Jul 2026	Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	369–102
7 Jul 2026	Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners	No vote	115–0
6 Jul 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1	Aye	394–85
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5	No	177–308
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No	173–282
1 Jul 2026	Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	80–281
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	318–107
1 Jul 2026	Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	322–107
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026	Aye	330–93
24 Jun 2026	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026	Aye	329–94
24 Jun 2026	Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026	Aye	332–94
24 Jun 2026	Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	323–160
23 Jun 2026	Opposition Day: Puberty blockers	No	112–283
23 Jun 2026	Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment	Aye	294–110
23 Jun 2026	Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness	No	108–307
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11	No vote	171–322

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Football Association
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets plus hospitality for the FA Cup Semi-Final (£250pp), value £500
Date received: 26 April 2026
Date accepted: 26 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 2 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

8. Miscellaneous

I organised a fundraiser for WomenCentre (Calderdale and Kirklees), to mark International Women’s Day
Date interest arose: 5 March 2026
(Registered 20 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Board member of Unions21. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 31 May 2024
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 12 September 2025)