builduk.club
WatchdogOverviewEvery MPThe MoneySigned ChecklistsThe ChecklistLeadersAnswer the 50
Official portrait of Catherine West

Catherine West

Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, since 7 May 2015

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

Contact them on the parliamentary site →

Scorecard

62.5% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
369 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
221 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
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
809 Debates spoken in 3814 written questions tabled

Ranked 482 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102

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.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Ravenswood School, 10 Henry Street, Gordon NSW 2072, Australia
(Registered 6 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Payment: £1,489.80
Received on: 5 January 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 6 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotels, food, and transport, value £4,738
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To take part in the 14th UK-China Senior Leadership Forum, as a member of the UK delegation.
(Registered 5 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

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 (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)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £4,738 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
24 May 2026 Catherine West MP sitting MP Great Britain China Centre Other Visit £4,738

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 2 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

← Look up a different postcode · All MPs · Think a figure here is wrong? Challenge it →