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
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359	No vote	277–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357	No vote	278–73
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342	No vote	281–70
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334	No vote	356–90
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333	No vote	301–157
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311	No vote	300–101
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11	No vote	291–174
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	299–169
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	307–176
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	No vote	290–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No vote	292–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4	No vote	300–149
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No vote	286–163
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	No vote	295–162
25 Mar 2026	Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	291–158
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Defence	No	98–306
24 Mar 2026	Opposition Day: Oil and gas	No	108–297
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6	Aye	278–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	281–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	Aye	280–164
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	Aye	279–167
23 Mar 2026	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	280–161
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Student loans	No	88–266
18 Mar 2026	Opposition day: Fuel duty	No	103–259
18 Mar 2026	Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	277–99

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)