Catherine West, MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Catherine West has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Treasury Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2015 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill | 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2019 | |
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2017 to 2019 | |
| International Trade Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
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.
Catherine West has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 | 5 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 05 January 2026 - £1,489.80 | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking engagement - Ravenswood School | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in New South Wales | 25 Sep 2025 |
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.
Catherine West asked 124 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.
25 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
Catherine West represents Hornsey and Friern Barnet. 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
Catherine West won with 59% of the votes, and Fabio Vollono (Green Party) came second with 15%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine West | Labour | 28,535 | 58.7% |
| Fabio Vollono | Green Party | 7,060 | 14.5% |
| Dawn Barnes | Liberal Democrat | 6,099 | 12.5% |
| Naz Panju | Conservative | 4,011 | 8.2% |
| Navdeep Singh | Reform UK | 1,989 | 4.1% |
| Dino Philippos | Workers Party of Britain | 766 | 1.6% |
| Helen Spiby-Vann | Christian Peoples Alliance | 182 | 0.4% |
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 Catherine West took part in 200 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Catherine West voted the same way as their party in 198 of the 198 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 |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | 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% |
| 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
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this