John Whitby

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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John Whitby is the Labour MP for Derbyshire Dales, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

524

Votes Cast

£189,571

Expenses 2024-25

350

Majority

34.6%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£189,571

Staffing£134,738
Office£20,239
Travel£17,590
Accommodation£17,004

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 51,272 voters

Labour
17,759 votes34.6%
Conservative
17,409 votes34.0%
Reform UK
7,728 votes15.1%
Liberal Democrat
4,860 votes9.5%
Green Party
2,830 votes5.5%
Independent
369 votes0.7%
True & Fair Party
317 votes0.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

102

Written Questions

31

Oral Questions

64

Debates Spoken In

84

Speeches

524

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 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jun 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

4 votes · 2 Jun 2026

4 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

4 votes · 27 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(2)

Employment and earnings

City Council Social Services

Role, work or services
Fostering
Payer
Derby City Council Social Services (Local Authority), Derby City Council, Council House, Corporation Street Derby DE1 2FS

Registered 3 March 2025

Miscellaneous

City Councillor

Derby City Councillor, (unpaid since 10 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1) (Registered 19 July 2024; updated 3 October 2024, 30 October 2024 and 3 November 2025)

Registered 19 July 2024; updated 3 October 2024, 30 October 2024 and 3 November 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by John in Parliament

Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times his Department has met with the Joint Air Quality Unit and the Department for Transport to discuss the implementat

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs1 Apr 2025

Nature Conservation: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help protect the natural world.

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office26 Mar 2025

Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of decoupling the electricity wholesale price from gas.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero26 Mar 2025

Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide funding to help support low carbon farming.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs26 Mar 2025

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to regulate private parking companies.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government24 Mar 2025

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to support community-based energy projects.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero19 Mar 2025

Personal Care Services: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of informal and disguised employment in the beauty sector on the number of apprenticeship place

AnsweredDepartment for Education11 Mar 2025

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35591 on Pharmacy: Finance, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care11 Mar 2025

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £645 million allocated for Pharmacy First had been used as of 3 December 2024.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Mar 2025

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve local bus services.

AnsweredDepartment for Transport19 Dec 2024
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