Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brentford and Isleworth
Ruth Cadbury has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees; Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements; Liaison Committee (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (International Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Planning) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities & Local Government) (Planning) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees | 2026 to now | Now |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Transport Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill | 2021 | |
| Building Safety Bill | 2021 | |
| Transport Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Transport Committee | 2018 to 2019 |
Show the other 2
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Committee | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Ruth Cadbury has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 08 November 2025 | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Greater London | 8 Jun 2015 |
| Family members engaged in third-party lobbying | Nicholas Gash employed as Lobbyist | 8 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Ruth Cadbury asked 87 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
39 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Ruth Cadbury represents Brentford and Isleworth. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Ruth Cadbury won with 44% of the votes, and Laura Blumenthal (Conservative) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Cadbury | Labour | 20,007 | 44.2% |
| Laura Blumenthal | Conservative | 10,183 | 22.5% |
| Freya Summersgill | Green Party | 4,029 | 8.9% |
| David Kerr | Reform UK | 3,940 | 8.7% |
| Kuldev Sehra | Liberal Democrat | 3,863 | 8.5% |
| Nisar Malik | Workers Party of Britain | 2,746 | 6.1% |
| Zebunisa Rao | Independent | 486 | 1.1% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Ruth Cadbury took part in 195 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ruth Cadbury voted the same way as their party in 193 of the 193 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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