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Ruth Cadbury

Labour Brentford and Isleworth

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Ruth Cadbury’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Ruth Cadbury voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Ruth Cadbury doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Minister (Justice) — Ministry of Justice (2023-09-05 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (International Trade) — Department for Business and Trade (2021-12-04 to 2023-09-05) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Planning) — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021-09-19 to 2021-12-04) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities & Local Government) (Planning) — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2021-05-14 to 2021-09-19) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing) — Department for Communities and Local Government (2016-10-10 to 2017-06-29) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Ruth Cadbury →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

10. Family members engaged in lobbying the public sector on behalf of a third party or client

Name: Nicholas Gash
Relationship: Spouse
Role: Sole trader, providing policy and public affairs advice to clients
(Registered 8 June 2015)

Constitution & elections
4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Address of donor: Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom, 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1H 2BQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel (£380), accommodation (£990), in-country travel (£290) and meals (£240), value £1,900
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Berne and Zurich)
Dates of visit: 5 November 2025 to 8 November 2025
Purpose of visit: MP delegation visit with focus on Switzerland’s rail and transport network and Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
(Registered 19 November 2025)

Defence & foreign affairsEducation
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 (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Greater London
Rental income: Yes
(Registered 8 June 2015; updated 9 November 2018)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Ruth Cadbury yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Ruth Cadbury has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£304,211.76 paid out to or for Ruth Cadbury across 84 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Ruth Cadbury’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £267,182.63 (2 claims)
Office Costs — £36,858.02 (80 claims)
MP Travel — £86.84 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £84.27 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £102.17, 2026-03-29 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-106]
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £146.23, 2026-03-26 — Landline & internet package
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £146.23, 2026-02-24 — Landline & internet package
Website hosting and design — £480.00, 2026-02-13 — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT [200013624-1667]
Bought-in services — £300.00, 2026-02-13 — Professional & consultancy
Website hosting and design — £480.00, 2026-02-04 — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT [200013624-2420]
Website hosting and design — £480.00, 2026-02-04 — BACK OFFICE SUPPORT [200013624-2419]
Bought-in services — £300.00, 2026-02-04 — Professional & consultancy

Every claim on file for Ruth Cadbury →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Ruth Cadbury — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Ruth Cadbury’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Ruth Cadbury is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Western Rail Link to Heathrow — Treasurer
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Ruth Cadbury personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Ruth Cadbury is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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