Official portrait of Ruth Cadbury

Ruth Cadbury

Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, since 7 May 2015

Ruth Cadbury is the Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

Scorecard

77.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
448 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
127 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
3 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
719 Debates spoken in 1625 written questions tabled

Ranked 212 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 Aye 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 Aye 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B No vote 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B No vote 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B No vote 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B No vote 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Address of donor: Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1H 2BQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£380), accommodation (£990), in-country travel (£290) and meals (£240), value £1,900
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Berne and Zurich)
Dates of visit: 5 November 2025 to 8 November 2025
Purpose of visit: MP delegation visit with focus on Switzerland’s rail and transport network and Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
(Registered 19 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

6. 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

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Greater London
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 8 June 2015; updated 9 November 2018)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Nicholas Gash
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Sole trader, providing policy and public affairs advice to clients
(Registered 8 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

719 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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