At a glanceJosh Dean is a Labour MP for Hertford and Stortford, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 537 votes in Commons divisions (93% attendance), tabled 17 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Josh Dean did not vote in 38. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Hertford and Stortford Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Harpreet Uppal
Labour
100.0% · 494 of 494 shared votes
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Emily Darlington
Labour
100.0% · 483 of 483 shared votes
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Gareth Snell
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 474 of 474 shared votes
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Charlotte Nichols
Labour
100.0% · 469 of 469 shared votes
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Peter Swallow
Labour
100.0% · 467 of 467 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 321 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 164 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 233 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 309 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 286 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in East Hertfordshire (registered 13 Aug 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Trustee of Future Living, a domestic abuse charity based in Hertford. This is an unpaid role. (registered 8 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Pupil Exclusions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted or another regulatory body will be mandated to track the destination outcomes of children placed in school inclusion bases.
Answer · 12 Jun 2026
Inclusion bases will have specialisms, providing tailored and expert teaching and support for specific groups of children. We know there are lots of great examples of mainstream schools delivering specialist provision through inclusion bases, enabling chi...
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the proposed school inclusion bases are designed as integrated, short-term bridges back to mainstream education rather than pathways toward permanent exclusion.
Answer · 12 Jun 2026
Inclusion bases will have specialisms, providing tailored and expert teaching and support for specific groups of children. We know there are lots of great examples of mainstream schools delivering specialist provision through inclusion bases, enabling chi...
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and incentivise mainstream schools to use data-driven assessment tools to identify children’s hidden social, emotional, and mental health needs before they escal
Answer · 12 Jun 2026
The department is supporting mainstream schools to take a more evidence‑based approach to early identification of need, including social, emotional and mental health needs.We are developing National Inclusion Standards, backed by up to £15 million, which ...
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new initial teacher training and early career framework includes content related to (a) identifying children’s social and emotional developmental needs and (b) suppor
Answer · 12 Jun 2026
The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and Early Career Framework covers the first three years or more of a teacher’s career. It sets out a minimum entitlement to training for all new teachers and, following a review, now contains significantly more content r...
Employment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support individuals over 50 back into employment.
Answer · 20 Apr 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I provided on 17 March 2026 to question: UIN 119633.
Employment Schemes: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support people over the age of 50 out of work to return to work.
Answer · 17 Mar 2026
Work helps everyone play active and fulfilling roles in society while building financial security for retirement, and we recognise the wealth of skills and experience that older workers bring both to the workplace and the economy. The Department is commit...
Youth Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce new duties on councils to deliver youth services.
Answer · 9 Mar 2026
As set out in the National Youth Strategy, we will explore reviewing the current local authorities’ statutory duty for youth services and how to empower local authorities to better deliver on their responsibilities for youth services.DCMS recognises the i...
Youth Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to increase revenue funding for youth services.
Answer · 10 Mar 2026
‘Youth Matters: Your National Youth Strategy’ is a 10 year plan to ensure every young person across the country has somewhere to go, someone who cares for them and a community they feel part of.The strategy is supported by more than £500 million in fundin...
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Business of the House
On Armed Forces Day a few weeks ago, our community came out not just to celebrate our armed forces personnel, but to support Ben Hardy. Ben, who is 11 years old, has had 10 operations on his eyes and is severely visually impaired, but that…
8 Jul 2026 National Youth Strategy
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms McVey. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Harpreet Uppal) on securing this debate. I welcome this Labour Government’s national youth strategy, an…
30 Jun 2026 Financial Inclusion: Young People
I will keep it brief, Sir John. To add to the trend, I will just share the fact that my first job was in a local coffee shop. It has been great to hear about rurality, the importance of car insurance, social media, fraud and student loa…
30 Jun 2026 Financial Inclusion: Young People
I could not agree more about the importance of regulating access to financial information across social media and AI, which is an emerging challenge. Embedding financial education in school is so important, particularly ahead of the social…
30 Jun 2026 Financial Inclusion: Young People
I could not agree more about the importance of financial education for young people, which I will come to in my speech. We can already see how those overlapping pressures exacerbate a young person’s financial insecurity. Insurance is an…
30 Jun 2026 Financial Inclusion: Young People
I beg to move, That this House has considered financial inclusion for young people. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir John. Today, young people are one of the groups most at risk of financial exclusion. Analysis by Fair4A…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
T5. The Child Maintenance Service has told one of my constituents that because the father of her children is claiming benefits, he can pay her only £6.73 a week, even though the CMS is aware that he has an additional hidden income of £9…
29 Jun 2026 Youth Hubs
There is already much excitement in my community that East Herts will be home to one of the new youth hubs being rolled out by this Labour Government. I represent a semi-rural area where young people often have to make significant journeys…
29 Jun 2026 Youth Hubs
16. What recent progress he has made on the expansion of youth hubs.
16 Jun 2026 Thames Water
My residents are rightly angry that Thames Water has discharged sewage into the River Stort, one of our rare and precious chalk streams, for hundreds of hours. I have raised the issue in this House before, and Thames Water told me that its…
15 Jun 2026 Social Media Ban for Under-16s
A decade ago, I marched with other young people to Parliament Square calling for votes at 16 to be introduced after the Brexit referendum, and I am proud that this Labour Government are doing that. However, how will we ensure that young pe…
11 Jun 2026 Business of the House
I was delighted when the Labour Government supported Church Street GP surgery in Bishop’s Stortford with the funding for much-needed improvements last year. I recently had the opportunity to visit the surgery and see at first hand how its …
11 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Residents in Hertford and Stortford tell me that their bus services are too often irregular or delayed, causing unnecessary disruption and stress. I welcome the £19.5 million allocated to Hertfordshire county council through the local auth…
8 Jun 2026 Water Companies
The River Stort is one of our rare and precious local chalk streams, and my residents were rightly furious when they discovered that Thames Water has been pumping sewage into it for hundreds of hours. When I asked Thames Water what it inte…
8 Jun 2026 Digital Safety: Children
The vast majority of Members in this place had the benefit of growing up in a world without social media, and with social media, but today’s young people have not had that benefit. They have grown up with their lives intimately intertwined…
2 Jun 2026 Milburn Review: Interim Report
We must not forget that hundreds of thousands of NEET young people are disconnected from traditional employment support, and hidden from the system entirely as a result. With youth workers and trusted adult relationships offering the missi…
19 Mar 2026 Business of the House
I share my residents’ anger that a Thames Water site has reportedly released over 900 hours of sewage into the River Stort, one of our precious local chalk streams, since the start of the year. I have written to Thames Water and the Enviro…
17 Mar 2026 Youth Unemployment
I really welcome this Government’s investment in our young people’s futures, but almost half of NEET young people are disconnected from the benefit system and traditional support. I know from my experience of leaving school at 16 just how …
11 Mar 2026 Engagements
Q5. Too often, I hear from families of children with special educational needs and disabilities in Hertford and Stortford whose children have been left out of education for months or even years because they cannot get a school place tha…
9 Mar 2026 Support for NEET Young People
A young person with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is more likely not to be in education, employment or training. That is driven by a lack of recognition, treatment and tailored support. The expert-led NHS ADHD taskfo…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Mental Health Bill [HL] 9 Jun 2025 – 24 Jun 2025
- Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] 5 Mar 2025 – 20 Mar 2025
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Josh Dean, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Josh Dean?
Josh Dean is a Member of Parliament representing Hertford and Stortford in the House of Commons. See Josh Dean's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Josh Dean represent?
Josh Dean sits as Labour. See Josh Dean's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Josh Dean represent?
Josh Dean is the Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stortford. See Josh Dean's official Parliament profile.
How long has Josh Dean been an MP?
Josh Dean has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Josh Dean's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Josh Dean?
Josh Dean has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Josh Dean's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.