Catherine Fookes

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Catherine Fookes is the Labour MP for Monmouthshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

472

Votes Cast

£211,272

Expenses 2024-25

3,338

Majority

41.3%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£211,272

Staffing£155,487
Office£24,926
Accommodation£18,043
Travel£12,469
Other£348

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 50,844 voters

Labour
21,010 votes41.3%
Conservative
17,672 votes34.8%
Reform UK
5,438 votes10.7%
Green Party
2,357 votes4.6%
Liberal Democrat
2,279 votes4.5%
Plaid Cymru
1,273 votes2.5%
Independent
457 votes0.9%
True & Fair Party
255 votes0.5%
Heritage Party
103 votes0.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

67

Written Questions

47

Oral Questions

116

Debates Spoken In

176

Speeches

472

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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4 NO

Health Bill

4 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 NO

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

3 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

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Financial Interests(2)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

School Governor, Monmouth Comprehensive School. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 25 July 2024)

Registered 25 July 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Smallholding jointly in my name, though I am not the landowner. (Registered 1 December 2024)

Registered 1 December 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Catherine in Parliament

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessments her Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payment tribunal wait times; and what steps she is taking to reduce them.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice18 Dec 2024

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance on both the (a) paying and (b)

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions18 Dec 2024

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance reviews.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions18 Dec 2024

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of including long covid as an industrial illness for people working the NHS during the

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions5 Dec 2024

Inheritance Tax: Monmouthshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates were subject to inheritance tax in Monmouthshire constituency in each tax year between 2019-20 and 2022-23.

AnsweredTreasury8 Nov 2024

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will meet with Auditory Verbal UK to discuss (a) barriers to opportunities and (b) improved outcomes for deaf children.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions17 Oct 2024

Children: Monmouthshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent children in Monmouthshire being exposed to pornography.

AnsweredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology10 Oct 2024
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