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
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22	No vote	74–323
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No vote	104–391
22 Jun 2026	Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	No vote	164–311
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No	144–244
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13	No	135–258
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8	No	143–249
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3	No	85–317
17 Jun 2026	National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion	No vote	233–94
16 Jun 2026	Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026	Aye	262–86
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3	No	162–246
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14	No	151–258
16 Jun 2026	Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13	No	77–255
15 Jun 2026	Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival	No vote	24–37
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill: Third Reading	No vote	278–149
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148	No vote	155–279
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143	No vote	167–266
10 Jun 2026	Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1	No vote	77–271
9 Jun 2026	Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026	No vote	356–86
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4	No vote	157–287
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No vote	94–297
9 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20	No vote	90–290
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	145–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	65–251
8 Jun 2026	Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	81–266
3 Jun 2026	Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	302–155

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)