MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet
“A Labour MP with strong party loyalty and a foreign affairs focus who has occasionally rebelled on Brexit-related votes.”
Catherine West is the Labour and Co-operative MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, first elected in 2015. She has held government and opposition roles focused on foreign affairs and is currently a member of the Treasury Committee. Her parliamentary career has included service as a Foreign Office minister and as a Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, along with membership of several parliamentary committees.
She has 100% party loyalty and 71% voting attendance, with 7 rebel votes, placing her on the centre-left. In voting on policy topics, she generally backs Universal Credit and NHS funding, and tends to oppose tighter immigration controls, the asylum system, transgender rights, and the Rwanda deportation scheme; her record on VAT changes is mixed.
Declared three financial interests: employment and earnings; ad hoc payments; and land and property (within or outside the UK).
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 34%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
9 positions
Treasury Committee
Since Oct 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Community and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
Sept 2020 - May 2024
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
Apr 2020 - Sept 2020
Foreign Affairs Committee
Mar 2019 - Nov 2019
Committees on Arms Export Controls
Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Railways Bill: Third Reading
AYERailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
NORailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
NORailways Bill
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1
NORailways Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
AYESteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOSteel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address
AYEKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o)
NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
NODraft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
AYEThe percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
