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.

541

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)

105

Written Questions

32

Oral Questions

67

Debates Spoken In⚑

87

Speeches⚑

541

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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4 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

4 votes · 27 Apr 2026

8 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

8 votes · 21 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(2)

Employment and earnings

City Council Social Services

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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

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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

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress the Government has made on reviewing how future MPS surpluses should be shared.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero15 Sept 2025

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of mobile breast cancer screening units.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Sept 2025

Farms: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 April 2025 to Question 57518 on Farms: Tenants, if she will make it her policy to prevent agricultur

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs9 Sept 2025

Juries: Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the amount jurors can claim for jury service in the context of trends in the level of childcare costs in th

AnsweredMinistry of Justice2 Sept 2025

Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that banks abide by the Payment Systems Regulator's new mandatory reimbursement framework and swiftly investigate cases of AP

AnsweredTreasury29 Aug 2025

Electronic Commerce: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce differences between the level of tax applied to (a) physical and (b) online businesses.

AnsweredTreasury29 Aug 2025

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that, with the exception of the F-35, no British arms being export

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office29 Aug 2025

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed short-term let registration scheme will ensure all properties are clean and safe.

AnsweredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport29 Aug 2025

Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions to the housing benefit taper rate on the number of young people in supported acc

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions29 Aug 2025

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS dentistry receives adequate investment from new NHS funds allocated to the Department t

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 Jul 2025
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