At a glanceCatherine West is a Labour MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 355 votes in Commons divisions (62% attendance), tabled 3,797 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Catherine West did not vote in 220. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Treasury Committee Committee since 27 Oct 2025
- Hornsey and Friern Barnet Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 346 of 346 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 346 of 346 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 339 of 339 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 337 of 337 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 335 of 335 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 214 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 138 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 215 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.9% · 1 of 109 shared votes
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Sir Mel Stride
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 203 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Speaking engagement - Ravenswood School (registered 6 Jan 2026)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments1
- Payment received on 05 January 2026 - £1,489.80 (registered 6 Jan 2026)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 5 Jun 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in New South Wales (registered 25 Sep 2025)
Written questions
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services for adopted children and their families.
Awaiting an answer from the Department for Education.
Hearing: Medical Treatments and Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) ear wax removal services and (b) hearing test appointments on the NHS.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning ear wax removal and audiology services that meet the needs of their local populations, taking account of relevant national guidance and local service arrangements.NHS England is supporting IC...
Venezuela: Disaster Relief
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she is considering to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following the recent earthquake.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
There are no additional updates at this stage beyond the commitments set out in my Statement to the House on 6 July (HCWS185), but I will keep my Hon Friend informed of any further developments in due course.
Buses: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the wider rollout of air conditioning on buses in response to recent extreme temperatures.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Government recognises the vital role that bus drivers play in supporting local communities and understands the importance of driver welfare, not only for the health and wellbeing of drivers themselves, but also for the safety of passengers and other ...
Shared Ownership Schemes: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the equitability of the shared ownership rent formulae.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
Shared ownership rents are set through lease agreements between shared owners and their landlords and are typically subsidised. Providers are generally encouraged to set initial rents at no more than 2.75% of the value of the unacquired share. For new sha...
Recreation Spaces: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to help expand and maximise blue and green spaces in urban areas to improve climate resilience.
Answer · 17 Jul 2026
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) makes clear that the planning system should support the transition to net zero by 2050 and shape places in ways that minimise vulnerability and improve resilience. The Framework also sets out that planning pol...
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote music education in schools.
Answer · 10 Jul 2026
This government believes that music is an essential part of the well-rounded and enriching education every child deserves.Music is a national curriculum subject from key stages 1 to 3, and all state-funded schools, including academies, will have a duty to...
Gender Dysphoria: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce NHS waiting lists for transgender healthcare.
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
We recognise that waiting lists for specialist gender services are too long. This has been caused by multiple factors, including unprecedented demand for gender services and a shortage of specialist clinical staff to meet the rapidly rising demand.This is...
Early day motions
| 7 Jan 2020 | Anti-Semitic incidents | 66 sig. |
| 21 Oct 2019 | Racism in football | 59 sig. |
| 14 Oct 2019 | Anti-Semitic Attack in Halle, Germany | 64 sig. |
| 16 Jul 2019 | OUTGOING HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS | 16 sig. |
| 29 Apr 2019 | FRIENDSHIP DAY | 12 sig. |
| 23 Apr 2019 | TACKLING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND RELIGIOUS HATE CRIMES | 21 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
Will the Home Secretary put on record thanks to communities like mine in Hornsey and Friern Barnet who have opened their doors for the Homes for Ukraine scheme? People have been deeply involved—through the synagogue, the mosque and the chu…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
Q7. I thank the Prime Minister for his calm and authoritative leadership in international affairs. I also thank the UK missions abroad, who have enormous respect for the Prime Minister. May I ask him to put on record his thanks to the s…
23 Jun 2026 Youth Unemployment
What is the Minister’s assessment of the unemployment issues for graduates? Will he and the Treasury team pledge to consider carefully the evidence that the cross-party Treasury Committee took from thousands of graduates, and come up with …
18 Jun 2026 Human Rights: Supply Chains
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd; thank you for stepping in to chair the debate. I congratulate my constituency neighbour and hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) on securing t…
16 Jun 2026 Thames Water
What reassurances can the Secretary of State provide about basic customer services? For example, Turnpike Lane tube station in my constituency has been closed since last August, because Transport for London cannot reopen it owing to the le…
10 Jun 2026 Myanmar: Human Rights
Given the decline in the aid budget, will those commitments remain, or may there have to be a reduction in aid to Myanmar?
10 Jun 2026 Myanmar: Human Rights
Does my hon. Friend agree that, relative to the other crises in the world, in Sudan, Gaza and other places, the long-running and tragic dispute between the regime and the many people who live in Myanmar/Burma deserves much more attention—n…
1 Jun 2026 Health Bill
I congratulate the Secretary of State on his excellent speech, and I thank him and my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol South (Karin Smyth) for their work in developing the Bill. Healthwatch Haringey plays an enormously important role in …
21 May 2026 Middle East
I have written to my hon. Friend to inform him that I have a constituency interest in this urgent statement. I welcome what has already been done in bringing the Israelis in this morning to discuss the concerns of both the Government and t…
21 May 2026 Middle East: Economic Response
I welcome the tone of yesterday’s announcement at the petrol pump and today’s announcement in the House. The Government are fighting for working people every day. Is ice skating included in the measures? Alexandra Palace has the most fanta…
29 Apr 2026 Points of Order
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. The whole House will be very concerned to hear about the dreadful stabbings this morning in the borough of Barnet. As the Member for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, I am very worried about this repeated violence…
28 Apr 2026 Food Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern Barnet
It is indeed a very exciting development to see the bold and vital steps taken to address child poverty, but runaway rental costs are driving hunger and hardship. Building council homes is obviously the right long-term approach, and Haring…
28 Apr 2026 Food Bank Usage: Hornsey and Friern Barnet
1. What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency.
25 Mar 2026 Public Baths and Lidos
The Minister is making an excellent point about prevention. The other thing that Swim England always emphasises is the importance of 11-year-olds being able to swim when they leave primary school. As a former teacher, does he agree with th…
25 Mar 2026 Public Baths and Lidos
My hon. Friend mentions community. Does he agree with me that pool users’ groups are crucial to keeping up standards in our ageing facilities? Would he also agree that we must target younger children so that they can swim lifelong in what …
23 Mar 2026 Hatzola Ambulance Attack
I thank my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Sarah Sackman), who is sitting beside the Minister for Security, for her urgent action today, and my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (David Pinto-Duschinsky), …
23 Mar 2026 Middle East
Further to that point, I thank the Minister for Europe for going to Cyprus last week, and I am grateful for the conversations between the Prime Minister and the President of Cyprus. My constituency has long-standing people-to-people ties w…
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill
I hope to be a little more brief and less pompous than previous speakers. I am indebted to the many who serve, day to day, in the Wood Green courts, and in other parts of the London circuit. I thank them for their hard work in this rather…
10 Mar 2026 Food Banks
Does the Minister agree that everyone—including financial institutions such as the mutual sector, which often outperforms the private banking sector in access to finance and branch closure issues—needs to play their part in helping familie…
10 Mar 2026 Food Banks
7. What fiscal steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the level of use of food banks by families.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 9 Jul 2024 – 6 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2 Sep 2020 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 10 Apr 2020 – 2 Sep 2020
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 18 Sep 2015 – 29 Jun 2017
Committee memberships
- Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill 8 May 2024 – 15 May 2024
- Foreign Affairs Committee 19 Mar 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- Committees on Arms Export Controls 10 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- International Trade Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 25 Mar 2019
Previous seats
- Hornsey and Wood Green · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 6141
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Catherine West, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Catherine West?
Catherine West is a Member of Parliament representing Hornsey and Friern Barnet in the House of Commons. See Catherine West's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Catherine West represent?
Catherine West sits as Labour. See Catherine West's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Catherine West represent?
Catherine West is the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet. See Catherine West's official Parliament profile.
How long has Catherine West been an MP?
Catherine West has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Catherine West's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Catherine West?
Catherine West has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Catherine West's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.