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
13 Jun 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14	No	233–254
11 Jun 2025	Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division	Aye	350–176
10 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading	Aye	306–174
10 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114	No	78–309
10 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85	No	107–314
10 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22	No	73–312
10 Jun 2025	Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu	Aye	304–189
9 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69	No	180–307
9 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15	No	73–323
9 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43	No	167–334
9 Jun 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39	No	113–335
4 Jun 2025	Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading	Aye	264–99
4 Jun 2025	Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24	No	164–273
4 Jun 2025	Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16	No	100–339
4 Jun 2025	Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4	No	171–274
3 Jun 2025	Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill)	Aye	317–185
3 Jun 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3	Aye	329–101
3 Jun 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	Aye	315–184
3 Jun 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	319–180
22 May 2025	Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D	No vote	195–124
21 May 2025	Opposition Day: Immigration	No vote	83–267
21 May 2025	Opposition Day: Business and the economy	No vote	88–253
16 May 2025	Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10	No	243–279
16 May 2025	Closure motion	Aye	288–239
14 May 2025	Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52	Teller	366–98

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)