Dan Carden
Labour Party
MP profiles
- Twitter: @DanCardenMP
- Facebook: /DanCardenMP
- TheyWorkForYou voting record
- Parliament contact info
- Wikipedia page
Positions and memberships
Positions
- Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Mexico
Votes and EDMs
| Vote | Position |
|---|---|
| MP vote on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill | Aye |
| MP vote on Environment Bill | No |
| MP support for Cumbria coal mine court appeal | Did not support |
| MP support for Zero carbon homes | Did not support |
| MP support for Accelerating construction work and lower carbon construction vehicles | Did not support |
| MP support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Did not support |
Written Answers
| Department | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | Offshore Industry: Training | 2024-12-12 |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants | 2024-12-02 |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Consultants | 2024-11-29 |
2019 majority
30,520
Date elected
8th Jun 2017
Public opinion
Support offshore wind
81%
85.2% national average
Support onshore wind
85%
82.7% national average
Would be less favourable towards the Conservative Party if they chose to weaken climate policies
85%
69.1% national average
Support solar power
90%
87.6% national average
Support tidal energy
84%
86.0% national average
Support wave energy
85%
86.6% national average
Support nuclear energy
59%
57.4% national average
Support renewable energy projects in their local area
85%
85.0% national average
Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years
32%
51.9% national average
Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills
81%
84.2% national average
Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development
24%
24.2% national average
Consider climate change a high priority
55%
53.9% national average
EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage
52%
51.8% national average
Have missed a bill payment in the last six months
61%
31.6% national average
Have missed a credit payment in the last six months
36%
23.7% national average
Have missed a rent payment in the last six months
27%
19.1% national average
Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month
52%
37.6% national average
Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Net likely | 45% | 39.6% |
| Net unlikely | 24% | 27.9% |
| Very likely | 14% | 12.2% |
| Quite likely | 31% | 27.4% |
| Neither likely nor unlikely | 31% | 32.5% |
| Quite unlikely | 11% | 12.6% |
| Very unlikely | 13% | 15.3% |
Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Net agree | 72% | 72.5% |
| Net disagree | 8% | 8.7% |
| Strongly agree | 34% | 33.8% |
| Partly agree | 38% | 38.8% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 20% | 18.7% |
| Partly disagree | 5% | 5.9% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 2.7% |
Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis
58%
41.6% national average
Neither support nor oppose Net Zero
31%
26.7% national average
Oppose Net Zero
8%
12.7% national average
Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Net agree | 60% | 58.8% |
| Net disagree | 15% | 17.7% |
| Strongly agree | 26% | 24.2% |
| Somewhat agree | 35% | 34.7% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 24% | 23.5% |
| Somewhat disagree | 8% | 10.6% |
| Strongly disagree | 7% | 7.2% |
Support Net Zero
61%
60.6% national average
Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Should be a priority | 57% | 57.4% |
| Should not be a priority | 43% | 42.6% |
Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year
35%
28.8% national average
Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year
51%
40.0% national average
Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year
63%
53.5% national average
Place
Constituency age distribution
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Ages 0-9 | 13% | 11.8% |
| Ages 10-19 | 11.3% | 11.5% |
| Ages 20-29 | 13.8% | 12.9% |
| Ages 30-39 | 15.1% | 13.3% |
| Ages 40-49 | 12.0% | 12.6% |
| Ages 50-59 | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| Ages 60-69 | 10.7% | 10.8% |
| Ages 70-79 | 7.0% | 8.5% |
| Ages 80+ | 3.9% | 5.0% |
Air pollution
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| Benzene | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| NO2 | 16.3% | 9.7% |
| NOX | 22.5% | 13.1% |
| Ozone | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| PM10 | 13.1% | 11.5% |
| PM2.5 | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| SO2 | 3.6% | 1.5% |
Country of the UK
England
Estimated child poverty
46.8%
29.4% national average
Estimated households in fuel poverty
31.9%
17.7% national average
Ethnicity
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| African | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| Any other ethnic group | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Arab | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Bangladeshi | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Caribbean | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Chinese | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British | 83.3% | 76.5% |
| Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Indian | 1.0% | 2.8% |
| Irish | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Other Asian | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Other Black | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Other White | 4.5% | 5.7% |
| Pakistani | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Roma | 0.3% | 0.2% |
| White and Asian | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| White and Black African | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| White and Black Caribbean | 0.6% | 0.8% |
Flood risk from rivers or sea
| This area | National average | |
|---|---|---|
| High | 100% | 36.8% |
| Low | 0% | 18.4% |
| Medium | 0% | 40.9% |
| Very Low | 0% | 4.0% |
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
1
Number of onshore windfarms
0
0.7 national average