UK Parliament · member 4523
Catherine West MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Member for this seat since
- 7 May 2015
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Catherine West, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Speaking engagement - Ravenswood School (registered 6 January 2026)
- Payment received on 05 January 2026 - £1,489.80 — £1,490 (registered 6 January 2026)
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 5 June 2026)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in New South Wales (registered 25 September 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 359 recorded divisions where Catherine West and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Catherine West voted the same way as most voting Labour members 359 times (100.0%).
This compares Catherine West with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £5,751 across 25 claim lines; 2024-25: £264,817 across 75 claim lines; 2023-24: £252,114 across 71 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 24 | £5,351 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 1 | £400 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £243,195 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 70 | £21,426 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 2 | £189 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 1 | £7 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £232,536 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 62 | £17,409 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 4 | £990 |
| 2023-24 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £912 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 2 | £267 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2025 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Surgery leaflets for 2025-26 | £996 | Paid |
| 2 October 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | October Payment card — CARTRIDGE SAVE | £99 | Paid |
| 23 January 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £98 | Paid |
| 10 January 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — Chargers | £96 | Paid |
| 14 December 2023 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | 2024 surgery leaflets | £937 | Paid |
| 8 August 2024 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Surgery contact leaflets | £932 | Paid |
| 31 March 2017 | Office Costs · Computer HW Purchase | March 2017 Payment card — SPECIALIST COMPUTER CE | £931 | Paid |
| 16 January 2020 | Office Costs · Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | APPLE.COM/UK | £924 | Paid |
| 30 April 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | WWW.JOHNLEWIS.COM | £93 | Paid |
| 23 February 2024 | Miscellaneous · IPSA RICS Valuation | RICS valuation report Q3 and Q4 2023 | £912 | Paid |
| 26 March 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £908 | Paid |
| 2 June 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £90 | Paid |
| 17 September 2024 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — Mouse | £10 | Paid |
| 15 May 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner June 2023 | £10 | Paid |
| 25 May 2018 | Staffing · Food & Drink Volunteer | Volunteer lunch after surgery — lunch after surgery | £10 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
26 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.