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
25 Mar 2025	Great British Energy Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	314–198
25 Mar 2025	Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	Aye	319–166
25 Mar 2025	Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 14	Aye	320–179
25 Mar 2025	Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 13	Aye	320–180
25 Mar 2025	Non Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	Aye	316–180
25 Mar 2025	Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	322–117
25 Mar 2025	Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	316–183
25 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 21B	Aye	314–196
25 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8B	Aye	313–194
25 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5B	Aye	311–192
25 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B	Aye	312–190
24 Mar 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Second Reading	Teller	330–74
19 Mar 2025	Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment	Teller	177–293
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 21	Teller	316–187
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to Disagree with Lords Amendment 8	Teller	316–189
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4	Teller	313–190
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3	Teller	314–187
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2	Teller	310–183
19 Mar 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill: Motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1	Teller	307–182
18 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading	Aye	382–104
18 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210	No	167–324
18 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209	No	107–324
18 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34	No	77–315
18 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7	No	77–313
17 Mar 2025	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171	No	65–317

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)