John Whitby MP: votes, interests and costs
John Whitby represents Derbyshire Dales in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
John Whitby sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 6 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5255d8a70708.
Register of interests
John Whitby has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 19 July 2024 and the latest on 3 March 2025. By category: Employment and earnings (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Fostering - Derby City Council Social Services
- Type of work or service being provided: Fostering
- Name of the payer: Derby City Council Social Services
- Brief description of the payer's business: Local Authority
Derby City Councillor, (unpaid since 10 October 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £134,738 for John Whitby in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £22,572 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £134,737.64 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,572.48 |
| Accommodation: spent | £17,003.70 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £17,590.34 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Derbyshire Dales CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker (fixed term full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Researcher (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
John Whitby is recorded voting in 534 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 44 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 John Whitby voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 102 written questions from John Whitby since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 other departments.
Bluetongue Virus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of laboratories in processing bluetongue tests in a timely manner during periods of increased transmission; what …
Bluetongue Virus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that sufficient supplies of vaccines against bluetongue virus are available to livestock keepers; and what steps she is taking to improve the availab …
Agriculture: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will include measures to improve farm water security when determining which items currently supported through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund will be i …
Agriculture: Water Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to include capital grant options for improving on-farm water supply and storage infrastructure in the grant scheme that will incorporate elements of the Farming Equip …
Craniocervical Instability: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made into the potential use of upright MRI scans to diagnose Craniocervical Instability, particularly as it relates to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Heat Networks: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to encourage the integration of data centres into local heat network zoning plans.
Waste Heat Recovery: Data Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of policy measures adopted in Germany to improve energy efficiency and waste heat utilisation in data c …
Fuel Oil: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide targeted support to businesses that use heating oil.
Cerebral Palsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ICBs provide an annual health check to adults with cerebral palsy.
Asylum: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timeline for establishing a Named Community Sponsorship scheme.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3eba1ec31e20. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by John Whitby.
2024 general election
John Whitby won Derbyshire Dales at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 17,759 votes (34.6%), a majority of 350 over Sarah Dines (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Derbyshire Dales figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.