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 39 votes for, 4 votes against, 8 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

Last updated: 4 Sep 2019. Please share these votes responsibly.

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

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Kenya: Parasitic Diseases 8 Oct 2019

  To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to people affected by the jigger flea, tunga penetrans, in Kenya.

• Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Topical Questions 2 Oct 2019

  The Secretary of State has announced a new commission of business and finance leaders to mobilise private finance to invest in some of the world’s poorest countries. What action is he taking to guarantee that all aid-backed private investments uphold labour rights and living wages for workers in the global south?

• Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Topical Questions 2 Oct 2019

  The Secretary of State is failing to take labour rights seriously. He is a career investment banker by trade, and he has—[Interruption.] I think it is relevant that he has gone from corporate wealth management to managing the UK’s aid budget. Feronia, a Canadian palm oil company based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has received tens of millions of pounds of UK aid via the CDC...

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Profile

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
• Developing Countries: Education
• Universal Credit
• Loans: Mozambique
• Overseas Aid

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (since 3 Dec 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (International Development) (12 Jan 2018 to 2 Dec 2018)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 29 Apr 2019)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 29 Apr 2019)
• Member, Procedure Committee (23 Oct 2017 to 19 Mar 2019)

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 29 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Dan Carden’s speeches
• Has received answers to 105 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has voted in 83.86% 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 59 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)