Catherine West — Hear, Hear

Voting record

5

Voted for

0

Voted against

4

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 Catherine West’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 98%

How often Catherine West 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 didn't vote at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Catherine West 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

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2024-07-09 to 2025-09-06) Government

Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2020-09-02 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2020-04-10 to 2020-09-02) Shadow

Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2015-09-18 to 2017-06-29) Shadow

Declared financial interests

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

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Ravenswood School, 10 Henry Street, Gordon NSW 2072, Australia
(Registered 6 January 2026)
Payment: £1,489.80
Received on: 5 January 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 6 January 2026)

Education

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Great Britain China Centre
Address of donor: 16 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HQ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, hotels, food, and transport, value £4,738
Destination of visit: China
Dates of visit: 24 May 2026 to 29 May 2026
Purpose of visit: To take part in the 14th UK-China Senior Leadership Forum, as a member of the UK delegation.
(Registered 5 June 2026)

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 (One bedroom appartment)
Number of properties: 1
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Interest held: from 25 September 2025
Ownership details: Co-owned with spouse.
(Registered 25 September 2025)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£270,568.65 paid out to or for Catherine West across 100 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 Catherine West’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 — £243,595.44 (3 claims)

Office Costs — £26,777.20 (94 claims)

Staff Travel — £189.05 (2 claims)

MP Travel — £6.96 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Training - MP — £59.90, 2026-02-25 — Language training

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £50.00, 2026-02-09

Training - staff — £400.00, 2026-02-05 — Training session for all staff

Equipment - purchase — £249.00, 2026-02-04 — Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories

Stationery & printing — £64.86, 2026-01-28 — Banner February 2026

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £80.00, 2026-01-13

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £64.00, 2025-12-12

Stationery & printing — £226.39, 2025-11-27 — Ink Cartridges

Every claim on file for Catherine West →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Catherine West is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Swimming — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Swim England (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Burma — Officer

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) (£13,500); Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) (£13,500); Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) (£2,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mongolia — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Chagos Islands (British Indian Ocean Territory) All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) — about £27,000.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases).

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) — about £27,000.00, 1 group

Swim England — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) — about £2,500.00, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Catherine West personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Catherine West 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.