Catherine West

MP since 7 May 2015

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Catherine West is the Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

1783

Votes Cast

£264,778

Expenses 2024-25

21,475

Majority

58.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£264,778

Staffing£243,275
Office£21,307
Travel£196

Year-on-Year

2024-25£264,778
2023-24£252,107
2022-23£242,673
2021-22£232,037
2020-21£201,049
2019-20£178,128
2018-19£178,749
2017-18£166,520
2016-17£159,319
2015-16£128,909

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 48,642 voters

✓Labour
28,535 votes58.7%
Green Party
7,060 votes14.5%
Liberal Democrat
6,099 votes12.5%
Conservative
4,011 votes8.3%
Reform UK
1,989 votes4.1%
Workers Party of Britain
766 votes1.6%
Christian Peoples Alliance
182 votes0.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

138

Written Questions

4

Oral Questions

76

Debates Spoken In⚑

309

Speeches⚑

405

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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1783 votes — page 3 of 72

1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

Financial Interests(2)

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

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Role, work or services
Speaking engagement
Payer
Ravenswood School, 10 Henry Street, Gordon NSW 2072, Australia

Registered 6 January 2026

Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

25 September 2025 Ownership details: Co-owned with spouse

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Type of land/property
Residential property (One bedroom appartment)
Number of properties
1
Location
New South Wales, Australia
Interest held
from 25 September 2025
Ownership details
Co-owned with spouse.

Registered 25 September 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Catherine in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on guaranteeing safe access to school for pupils and teachers

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 Nov 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has assessed the potential utility of requiring GPs to ask patients about environmental mould exposure.

Department of Health and Social Care29 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, under what circumstances GPs are recommended to order fungal tests for patients.

Department of Health and Social Care29 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on Joshua Wong.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office27 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate numbers of jobs for Midwifery graduates.

Department of Health and Social Care15 Oct 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has held discussions with the FCA following reports that a Russian-backed money launderer used an FCA regulated British fintech company to process pa

Treasury15 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress is being made to combat non-physical abuse such as coercive and controlling behaviour as part of our mission to end violence agains

Home Office15 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle noise pollution from airports.

Department for Transport9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to speed up Ofsted's voluntary register processing time for home child carer applications.

Department for Education9 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of frozen Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of households in work to (a) maintain se

Department for Work and Pensions9 Oct 2026
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