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
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	Teller	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	Teller	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	Aye	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	Aye	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	Aye	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	Teller	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	Teller	106–440
11 Jul 2025	Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1	No vote	0–47
11 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–58
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading	Aye	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	No	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	Aye	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	105–370
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50	No	103–416
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	No	35–469
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading	Aye	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	No	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	No	167–346
4 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	Teller	1–33
2 Jul 2025	Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025	Aye	385–26
2 Jul 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C	Aye	321–158

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)