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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4 NO

Health Bill

4 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 NO

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

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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

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure farmers receive payments from the Rural Payments Agency on time.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2 Jun 2025

Mental Health Services: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase grant funding for men’s mental health support charities.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 May 2025

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to issue death certificates.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care22 May 2025

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44820 on Electricity Generation, what progress the industry working group has made o

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero22 May 2025

Care Homes: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make Integrated Care Boards statutory consultees for planning applications for care homes.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government22 May 2025

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in rural areas retain access to functioning energy meters following the Radio

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero22 May 2025

Holiday Accommodation: Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring short-term holiday lets to inform customers ab

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government22 May 2025

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 December 2024 to Question 20869 on Consumer Goods: Safety, what steps his Department is taking to support sole trader

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade8 May 2025

Exports: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help make it easier for small businesses to export to the EU.

AnsweredDepartment for Business and Trade7 May 2025

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36119 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children, whether those safeguards w

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3 Apr 2025
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