At a glanceCatherine Fookes is a Labour MP for Monmouthshire, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 458 votes in Commons divisions (80% attendance), tabled 60 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Catherine Fookes did not vote in 117. 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
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee since 4 Jun 2025
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Monmouthshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 449 of 449 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 443 of 443 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 442 of 442 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 442 of 442 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 436 of 436 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.7% · 2 of 269 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 256 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.8% · 1 of 133 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.9% · 3 of 335 shared votes
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Sir James Cleverly
Conservative
1.0% · 3 of 296 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) - £315.00 (registered 23 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous2
- Smallholding jointly in my name, though I am not the landowner. (registered 1 Dec 2024)
- School Governor, Monmouth Comprehensive School. This is an unpaid role. (registered 25 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Driving Tests: South Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce car driving test wait times at (a) Monmouth test centre, (b) Abergavenny test centre and (c) test centres in South Wales.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has been strengthening the booking system further through major booking reforms (from March–June 2026) to protect access for genuine learners and reduce abuse. It is still too early to draw definitive conclus...
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce wait times for medical driving licences.
Answer · 25 Jun 2026
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has seen sustained growth in the volume and complexity of driving licence applications where a medical condition must be investigated before a licence can be issued. The length of time taken to deal with an a...
Domestic Abuse: Bank Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse.
Answer · 8 Jun 2026
The VAWG strategy and the Financial Inclusion Strategy set out ambitious commitments to tackle this issue of financial abuse.We are working with the financial sector to make sure that coerced debt, credit ratings, Child Maintenance Service payments, and j...
Control of Lead at Work Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impacts of proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations on women working in heritage and conservation.
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently consulting on proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (CLAW) 2002 to enable the potential impact, including any specific impacts the proposals may have on women, to be fully assessed. ...
Control of Lead at Work Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what actions it is taking to promote engagement between the HSE and the heritage sector in relation to the proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations.
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently consulting on proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (CLAW) 2002 to enable the potential impact to be fully assessed. HSE have been engaging with the heritage sector about possible ch...
Milk: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase price transparency in the milk supply chain.
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Government recognises the importance of greater transparency in the milk supply chain to support a fair and sustainable dairy sector. The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations, which fully came into force in July 2025, requires that all dairy co...
Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to maximise the effectiveness of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator.
Answer · 27 May 2026
The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) has been appointed to oversee and enforce the Fair Dealing Regulations for the Milk and Pig Sectors, providing a route for raising issues and complaints where parties believe the rules have not been followe...
Relationships and Sex Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle the normalisation of violence as part of sex among young people.
Answer · 27 May 2026
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.We have published updated guidance for relationships, sex and health education for teaching from September 2026, which includes a focus on developing skills for hea...
Early day motions
| 25 Feb 2025 | Western Gateway Rail Deal | 6 sig. |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Support for endometriosis care | 22 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 Death of Ann Widdecombe
I share the sentiments that have already been expressed and send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe. Of course, security is a huge issue to all of us in this Chamber, and I am sure that I was not the only on…
9 Jul 2026 Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates
I spoke recently, at a surgery, to one of my Monmouthshire constituents who had served on a jury in a case in which the victim had been subject to domestic violence. I was horrified to hear that there were only two women on a jury of 12, a…
9 Jul 2026 Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecution Rates
4. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases involving violence against women and girls.
9 Jul 2026 River Wye: Pollution
I thank the Minister for all her hard work on the River Wye, but as she knows, time is running out for that iconic river. With temperatures rising to dangerous levels, our fish stocks will be further affected. The Wye needs a water protect…
9 Jul 2026 River Wye: Pollution
9. What steps she is taking to help tackle pollution in the River Wye.
8 Jul 2026 Rearmament and Warfighting Readiness
Does my hon. Friend agree that it is incredibly important that the Prime Minister is at NATO right now, working to calmly and strongly ensure that we are right at the heart of that alliance? Will he join me in congratulating the Prime Mini…
7 Jul 2026 Energy Security
I agree wholeheartedly with the Minister. I recently visited the first UK deep geothermal site at the Eden Project in Cornwall, thanks to the excellent energy and environment parliamentary knowledge scheme—[Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] I l…
7 Jul 2026 Energy Security
2. What steps he is taking to increase energy security.
30 Jun 2026 Department for Work and Pensions
I pay huge tribute to our two new Members of Parliament, the hon. Members for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) and for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Lara Bird), for their maiden speeches. I will talk about something that makes up a relat…
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
I thank the Secretary of State for the excellent farming road map that she has laid out. I am really glad to see that supply chain fairness is at front and centre of the new road map, and I welcome the moving of the Groceries Code Adjudica…
17 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs
I thank the Minister for recently meeting me to discuss my two brilliant downstream steelmaking companies in Monmouthshire, CMF and STAPPERT. Can I ask him to look at their cases again? If he is meeting my hon. Friend the Member for Newpor…
17 Jun 2026 Economic Growth
Monmouthshire’s high streets welcome the £1.5 million Pride in Place funding, especially Monmouth, after November’s devastating floods. I recently wrote to the landlord of 20 Monnow Street—more commonly known as the “pigeon-poop building”—…
17 Jun 2026 Economic Growth
6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support economic growth in Wales.
11 Jun 2026 Legacy of Jo Cox
I thank my hon. Friend for her incredibly moving speech. Does she agree that we must dial down the rhetoric in this place? Only last week, a male colleague of ours was punched in the face out on the street. I believe that is directly as a …
11 Jun 2026 Legacy of Jo Cox
I thank my hon. Friend for her amazing speech. I also have sisters, and I cannot imagine standing here and doing what she is doing, so I thank her for her bravery. I never met Jo, but her legacy absolutely lives on through my hon. Friend. …
8 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I welcome my hon. Friend the Minister to her place. Surviving Economic Abuse estimates that around 750,000 women are trapped in a joint mortgage with an abusive partner or ex-partner, with the only way out often being to let their home be …
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I am delighted that measures in the King’s Speech will strengthen our economic security, our national security and—what we are debating today—our energy security. While the Tories and Reform want to ditch our net zero policies and our clea…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I point out to the hon. Lady that it would be helpful if the new Welsh Government could release the £3.8 million of funding that the UK Government have given to the Welsh Government to help people struggling with their heating oil costs. I…
28 Apr 2026 Economic Growth in Wales
The people of Magor and Undy have been celebrating the fact that they are getting a new train station, thanks to two Labour Governments working together to deliver it. It is therefore unbelievable that Reform’s leader in Wales recently sai…
28 Apr 2026 Economic Growth in Wales
13. What steps she is taking to support economic growth in Wales.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Women and Equalities Committee 28 Oct 2024 – 27 Oct 2025
- Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] 18 Dec 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
- Great British Energy Bill 11 Sep 2024 – 15 Oct 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Catherine Fookes, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Catherine Fookes?
Catherine Fookes is a Member of Parliament representing Monmouthshire in the House of Commons. See Catherine Fookes's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Catherine Fookes represent?
Catherine Fookes sits as Labour. See Catherine Fookes's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Catherine Fookes represent?
Catherine Fookes is the Member of Parliament for Monmouthshire. See Catherine Fookes's official Parliament profile.
How long has Catherine Fookes been an MP?
Catherine Fookes has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Catherine Fookes's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Catherine Fookes?
Catherine Fookes has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Catherine Fookes's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.