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Dan Carden

Labour Liverpool Walton

Voting record

3
Voted for
2
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Dan Carden’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 76%

How often Dan Carden voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Dan Carden doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) — HM Treasury (2020-04-10 to 2020-10-15) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development — Department for International Development (2018-12-03 to 2020-04-06) Shadow
Shadow Minister (International Development) — Department for International Development (2018-01-12 to 2018-12-02) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dan Carden →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Member of the Advisory Board of Steps Together Group
From: 1 April 2025.
Payer: Steps Together Group Ltd (Addiction rehabilitation and treatment services), Rear Ground Floor, Hygeia Building, 66-68 College Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 1BE
(Registered 30 April 2025)
Remuneration: £3,000 a month (£36,000 per annum)
From: 1 April 2025.
Hours: 12 hrs a month approximately
(Registered 30 April 2025)

Education

Role, work or services: Advisor
From: 27 August 2025. Until: 26 August 2027.
Payer: Green Rock Robotics INC. (Robotics and aviation), 3150 N Sheffield Ave #201 Chicago IL 60657 USA
(Registered 19 September 2025)
Remuneration: Share options of 0.1% (valued at £35,000 in total), value £1,458 a month
From: 27 August 2025. Until: 26 August 2027.
Hours: 5 hrs a month approximately
(Registered 19 September 2025)

Transport

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANMFS Ltd), Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT
(Registered 2 February 2026)
Payment: £850 Article published in the Mail on Sunday on 4th January 2026
Received on: 29 January 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
Donated to: a charity
(Registered 2 February 2026)

Role, work or services: Speaking engagements
From: 17 June 2026.
Payer: Norton Rose Fulbright LLP (Law firm), 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ
(Registered 13 July 2026)
Payment expected: £1,000 Speaking at breakfast event for law firms
Completed or provided on: 17 June 2026. Hours: 2 hrs estimated.
(Registered 13 July 2026)

Crime & justice

Role, work or services: Speaking engagements
Payer: Arab Investments Limited, 11 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DS
(Registered 22 July 2026)
Payment: £5,000 Speaking engagement with business leaders
Received on: 25 June 2026. Hours: 4 hrs estimated.
(Registered 22 July 2026)

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Mr Alan Halsall
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 paid to my campaign fund
Date received: 28 April 2026
Date accepted: 28 April 2026
Donor status: individual
(Registered 24 May 2026)

Name of donor: Arab Investments Limited
Address of donor: 11 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Sponsoring a dinner in central London for 40 guests, value £3,400
Date received: 4 June 2026
Date accepted: 4 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01671921
(Registered 28 June 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Jockey Club Racecourses Limited
Address of donor: 75 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: attendance and hospitality for two people at the Grand National at Aintree racecourse for me and my partner, value £460
Date received: 11 April 2026
Date accepted: 11 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02909409
(Registered 7 May 2026)

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Address of donor: Hiroshimastraße 28, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£268.71) and accommodation (£191.29), value £460
Destination of visit: Germany
Dates of visit: 12 November 2025 to 14 November 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Tiergarten Conference in Berlin.
(Registered 26 November 2025)

Name of donor: Doha Forum
Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Almirqab Tower West Bay Doha Qatar
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation and food £5957, value £5,957
Destination of visit: Qatar (Doha)
Dates of visit: 4 December 2025 to 9 December 2025
Purpose of visit: To attend the Doha Forum and participate in meetings with senior Qatari government representatives and others.
(Registered 30 December 2025)

Name of donor: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
Address of donor: 1-2 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£4095), food and accommodation (£2920) and in-country transport (£2349), value £9,364
Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates
Dates of visit: 27 January 2026 to 1 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Cross-party visit to engage with parliamentarians and civic society representatives.
(Registered 23 February 2026)

Defence & foreign affairs

Name of donor: Direct News Private Limited
Address of donor: 275 Piccadilly House, Captain Gaur Marg, Delhi 110065
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Outbound flight (£950), accommodation (£780) and return flight (£3746.30), value £5,476.30
Destination of visit: India
Dates of visit: 11 March 2026 to 14 March 2026
Purpose of visit: To attend and speak at NXT 2026 Conference.
(Registered 9 April 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Member of the Commission on Alcohol Harm, established by the Alcohol Harm Alliance (a consortium of over 50 non-governmental organisations) to promote evidence based policies to reduce the harm caused by alcohol.
Date interest arose: 24 June 2021
(Registered 7 July 2021)

Unpaid director of Addiction Recovery Now Ltd, a company limited by guarantee. The company researches addiction issues and seeks to promote visible recovery in society.
Date interest arose: 28 July 2021
(Registered 24 August 2021)

Employment & business

Treasurer and Executive Member of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 30 November 2022
(Registered 1 November 2023)

Executive Member and President of the Board of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 13 March 2023
(Registered 1 November 2023)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Dan Carden yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dan Carden has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£314,495.42 paid out to or for Dan Carden across 134 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Dan Carden’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £250,347.12 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £33,165.95 (101 claims)
Accommodation — £20,778.81 (17 claims)
MP Travel — £7,743.71 (5 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,023.63 (8 claims)
Dependant Travel — £436.20 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Software & applications — £180.00, 2026-03-22 — CLAUDE.AI SUBSCRIPTION [200013613-7380]
Software & applications — £100.00, 2026-03-06 — CANVA [***] [200013613-13762]
Website hosting and design — £1,200.00, 2026-02-21 — ANNUAL FEE
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-02-05 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-01-30 — XMA February 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-01-30 — XMA February 2026
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-01-30 — XMA February 2026
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £142.52, 2026-01-22 — Mobile telephone - contract & usage

Every claim on file for Dan Carden →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Dan Carden — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Dan Carden’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dan Carden is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Group on Implementation of the UK-Ukraine One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Arts and Heritage Group — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mexico — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Racing and Bloodstock — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dan Carden personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dan Carden is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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