Dan Carden

MP since 8 Jun 2017

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Dan Carden is the Labour MP for Liverpool Walton, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

1460

Votes Cast

£298,675

Expenses 2024-25

20,245

Majority

70.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£298,675

Staffing£250,347
Office£19,510
Accommodation£18,565
Travel£10,252

Year-on-Year

2024-25£298,675
2023-24£275,774
2022-23£273,289
2021-22£243,339
2020-21£210,732
2019-20£182,641
2018-19£191,054
2017-18£153,614

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 36,886 voters

Labour
26,032 votes70.6%
Reform UK
5,787 votes15.7%
Green Party
2,388 votes6.5%
Conservative
1,282 votes3.5%
Liberal Democrat
945 votes2.6%
Liberal
452 votes1.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

168

Written Questions

12

Oral Questions

42

Debates Spoken In

63

Speeches

349

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE4 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

6 votes · 13 Jan 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

4 votes · 12 Jan 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill

2 votes · 16 Dec 2025

2 NO

Opposition day

2 votes · 10 Dec 2025

Financial Interests(16)

Visits outside the UK

Doha Forum

£5,957
Name of donor
Doha Forum
Address of donor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Almirqab Tower West Bay Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights, accommodation and food £5957, value £5,957
Destination of visit
Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit
4 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Purpose of visit
To attend the Doha Forum and participate in meetings with senior Qatari government representatives and others.

Registered 30 December 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Mr. Alan Halsall

£5,000 in recognition of my contribution to British horse racing

9 July 2025

£5,000
Name of donor
Mr. Alan Halsall
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£5,000 in recognition of my contribution to British horse racing
Date received
9 July 2025
Date accepted
9 July 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 6 August 2025

Visits outside the UK

Embassy of the United Arab Emirates

£4,095
Name of donor
Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
Address of donor
1-2 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights (£4095), food and accommodation (£2920) and in-country transport (£2349), value £9,364
Destination of visit
United Arab Emirates
Dates of visit
27 January 2026 to 1 February 2026
Purpose of visit
Cross-party visit to engage with parliamentarians and civic society representatives.

Registered 23 February 2026

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

The Duchess of Richmond

to attend Goodwood on 29th July 2025 in their Grace's Box and including hospitality

29 July 2025

£750
Name of donor
The Duchess of Richmond
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
to attend Goodwood on 29th July 2025 in their Grace's Box and including hospitality, value £750
Date received
29 July 2025
Date accepted
29 July 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 29 August 2025

Visits outside the UK

UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism

£660
Name of donor
UNOCT Programme Office on Parliamentary Engagement in Preventing and Countering Terrorism
Address of donor
United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, UN House Doha, Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Subsistence to participate in Youth Initiative Closing Plenary Forum, November 27-28, 2024, value £659.69
Destination of visit
Qatar
Dates of visit
26 November 2024 to 28 November 2024
Purpose of visit
To participate in the Youth Initiative Closing Plenary Forum, November 27-28, 2024

Registered 22 January 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Dan in Parliament

Bangladesh: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of potential implications for his policies of the human rights situation in Banglade

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office30 Aug 2024

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute of Alcohol Studies' article entitled £27.4 billion cost of alcoho

AnsweredTreasury30 Aug 2024

Internet: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle online (a) disinformation and (b) misinformation.

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology30 Aug 2024

Pancreatic Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve pancreatic cancer outcomes.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 Jul 2024

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to extend contracts for Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs in (a) the Liverpool City Region and (b) across England.

AnsweredDepartment for Education30 Jul 2024

Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of time teachers are allocated to undertake (a) planning, (b) prep

AnsweredDepartment for Education26 Jul 2024

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the proposals in the document entitled, The Firefighters’ Manife

AnsweredHome Office25 Jul 2024

Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on the workload of pathology services staff.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care24 Jul 2024

Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of prison officer retention.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice22 Jul 2024

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to help tackle violence in prisons.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice22 Jul 2024
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