Official portrait of Katie White

Katie White

Labour MP for Leeds North West, since 4 July 2024

Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Katie White is the Labour MP for Leeds North West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero).

Scorecard

75.5% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
434 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
141 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 MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
50 Debates spoken in 55 written questions tabled

Ranked 263 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.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H Aye 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 Aye 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B Aye 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No vote 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No vote 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No vote 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No vote 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty No vote 357–174

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: Wellcome Trust
Address of donor: Gibbs Building, 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 sponsorship of a breakfast event, with payment made directly to the supplier.
Date received: 9 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Date accepted: 9 December 2025
Donor status: trust (Charity number: 210183)
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Name of donor: The Conduit Club
Address of donor: 6 Langley St, London WC2H 9JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Waiver of fee for breakfast event space hire, value £1,750
Date received: 9 December 2025
Date accepted: 9 December 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12976435
(Registered 18 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

8. Miscellaneous

I have become an ambassador for Leeds Women’s Aid: this is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 8 April 2025
(Registered 27 May 2025)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Sam White
Relationship: Partner
Role: Specialist Partner, Flint Global and Next Chapter Strategy
(Registered 2 August 2024)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

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Debates

50 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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