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).
Scorecard
Voting record
575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
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)
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)
Board member of Unions21. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 31 May 2024
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 12 September 2025)
Board member of United Against Malnutrition and Hunger. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 10 September 2024
(Registered 30 July 2024; updated 12 September 2025)
Advisory board member for the Labour Climate and Environment Forum. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 31 July 2024
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 12 September 2025)
National Executive Committee member of Labour Women's Network. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 25 September 2024
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 12 September 2025)
Member of the Labour Renaissance Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 31 July 2024
(Registered 4 August 2024; updated 12 September 2025)
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Debates
58 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots For Statutory Trade Union Ballots
- Hospitality Sector
- Unpaid Carers: Workplace Support
- Employment Rights Act 2025
- Hospitality Sector: Employment
- Topical Questions
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations
- Employment Costs: Impact on Recruitment
- Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026
Money declared to them
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Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →
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