Kate Dearden

Kate Dearden
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byHolly Lynch
Majority6,269 (15.5%)
Personal details
BornBingley
Political partyLabour and Co-operative
Alma materEdinburgh[1]

Kate Alexandra Dearden is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Halifax since 2024.[2]

Dearden is a trade unionist.[3] She attempted to stand in the 2022 Wakefield by-election but was not selected.[4]

Kate Dearden was appointed Assistant Whip, House of Commons on 18 July 2024.[5]

  1. ^ Greenwood, John (10 June 2024). "General election 2024: Labour announce candidate hoping to keep Halifax for the party when town goes to the polls after Holly Lynch steps down". Halifax Courier. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Halifax – General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ Chappell, Elliot (11 May 2022). "Wakefield Labour is speedily picking a candidate. Here's what is happening". LabourList. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. ^ Chappell, Elliot (13 May 2022). "Exclusive: Labour accused of breaching rules in Wakefield candidate selection". LabourList. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Assistant Whip, House of Commons – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2024.