MP for Hertford and Stortford
Josh Dean is a Labour Co-op MP for Hertford and Stortford, elected in July 2024. In Parliament he has served on health and education policy committees, including the Mental Health Bill [HL] committee (June 2025) and the Transfer of Functions for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education [HL] Bill committee (March 2025).
Dean votes with his party all the time (100% loyalty), but his attendance is relatively low at 16% (compared with a 33% party average). He has one rebel vote against the party. Described as centre-left (36/100), his voting record generally supports workers’ rights and trade unions and renter protections, while he has tended to oppose harsher prison sentencing, regulation of bus services, transgender rights, and funding for mental health services; his approach to climate measures and welfare-related changes (Universal Credit and VAT) is mixed.
Declared financial interests consist of land and property (within or outside the UK) and miscellaneous.
Generated 21 February 2026
2 positions
Mental Health Bill [HL]
Jun 2025 - Jun 2025
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted for trade union powers
has generally voted for workers rights protections
has voted a mixture of ways on vat changes
has generally voted against prison sentencing
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted for renter protections
has generally voted against transgender rights
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading