Dan Carden’s voting in Parliament

Dan Carden is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

This is a selection of Dan Carden’s votes.

• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 32 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 2017–2019
• Voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2018–2019

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Dan Carden has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 5 Feb 2019

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Developing Countries: Education 14 Feb 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) for-profit private companies and (b) private contractors received Official Development Assistance for the (i) delivery of education and (ii) facilitation of education programmes in (A) Ethiopia, (B) Tanzania, (C) Afghanistan, (D) Ghana and (E) Uganda in each year from 2015 to 2018.

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Developing Countries: Schools 14 Feb 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to oral evidence by the Minister of State at the Department for International Development to the International Development Committee on DFID's work on education: Leaving no one behind, HC 367, on 18 October 2017, what methodology was used to establish that 95 per cent of his Department's education funding goes to...

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Developing Countries: Schools 14 Feb 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to oral evidence by the Minister of State for International Development to the International Development Committee on DFID's work on education: Leaving no one behind, HC 367, on 18 October 2017, what time period the Minister is referring to in his statement that 95 per cent of DFID’s education funding goes to public...

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Labour MP for Liverpool, Walton

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @DanCardenMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department for International Development
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Justice
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Liverpool Prison
• Universal Credit
• Loans: Mozambique
• Overseas Aid
• Developing Countries: Education

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (since 3 Dec 2018)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (since 30 Oct 2017)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (since 30 Oct 2017)
• Member, Procedure Committee (since 23 Oct 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (International Development) (12 Jan 2018 to 2 Dec 2018)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Steve Rotheram
• Peter Kilfoyle
• Eric Heffer
• Kenneth Thompson
• James Haworth
• Reginald Purbrick
• Harry Chilcott
• F.E. Smith
• James Stock
• Miles Mattinson
• John Gibson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Nuclear Safeguards Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Smart Meters Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 54 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Dan Carden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 151 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 85.29% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 26 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Dan Carden’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 41 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)