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John Whitby

Labour Derbyshire Dales

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
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 John Whitby’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for John Whitby — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 524 of 590 (89%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 Ayes 145, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 65, Noes 251 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address Ayes 307, Noes 171 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 no vote recorded
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms Ayes 69, Noes 279 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 Ayes 376, Noes 16 no vote recorded
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 96, Noes 154 no vote recorded
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 Ayes 334, Noes 54 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Ayes 315, Noes 4 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Ayes 180, Noes 307 no vote recorded
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration Ayes 83, Noes 267 no vote recorded
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy Ayes 88, Noes 253 no vote recorded
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading Ayes 214, Noes 3 no vote recorded
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 Ayes 88, Noes 226 no vote recorded
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 Ayes 86, Noes 222 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion Ayes 12, Noes 50 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 73 no vote recorded
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 0, Noes 44 no vote recorded
19 Mar 2025 Opposition Day: Winter Fuel Payment Ayes 177, Noes 293 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading Ayes 382, Noes 104 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 210 Ayes 167, Noes 324 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 209 Ayes 107, Noes 324 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 Ayes 77, Noes 315 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for John Whitby — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

1. Employment and earnings

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)

8. Miscellaneous

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)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£202,619.85 paid out to or for John Whitby across 156 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 John Whitby’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 — £134,737.64 (1 claim)
Office Costs — £30,038.27 (122 claims)
Accommodation — £20,253.60 (26 claims)
Staff Travel — £11,158.49 (5 claims)
MP Travel — £6,431.85 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Parking — £85.00, 2026-03-27 — [200013613-10280]
Cleaning services — £60.00, 2026-03-27 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-10279]
Cleaning services — £60.00, 2026-03-27 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-10278]
Utilities — £125.32, 2026-03-10 — Electricity
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £178.50, 2026-03-05 — [200013613-14905]
Software & applications — £109.76, 2026-03-03 — INTUIT LTD MAILCHIMP [200013613-6090] [200013637-124]
Utilities — £128.25, 2026-02-11 — Dual Fuel
Software & applications — £487.62, 2026-02-06 — DAISY COMMUNICATIONS L

Every claim on file for John Whitby →

Early Day Motions

John Whitby has tabled 1 Early Day Motion on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 26 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions John Whitby personally tabled — not motions John Whitby may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Foster Care Fortnight 2026 — tabled 2026-05-13, 26 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

John Whitby is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Children's Online Safety — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: Internet Watch Foundation (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on ClimateTech — Officer
Declared funding: Startup Coalition (£1,501-3,000).
Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group — Officer
Declared funding: Inflect Partners Ltd (£18,001-19,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Inflect Partners Ltd — about £18,750.50 across 1 group (Net Zero All-Party Parliamentary Group).

Inflect Partners Ltd — about £18,750.50, 1 group
Internet Watch Foundation — about £3,750.50, 1 group
Startup Coalition — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to John Whitby personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups John Whitby 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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