Hornsey & Friern Barnet / data
Catherine West · Labour Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4005days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
298
of 504 possible
Attendance
59%
206 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
200
58 debates
Written Qs
80
76 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£265k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 77 claims
Interests
3
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 62 | |
| Economy | 48 | |
| Education | 38 | |
| Crime & Policing | 31 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 | |
| Schools | 21 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 18 | |
| Planning | 17 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Defence | 19 | 17,106 |
| Culture Community | 10 | 13,696 |
| Social Care | 5 | 9,245 |
| Economy Jobs | 13 | 6,607 |
| Health | 5 | 5,101 |
| Cost Of Living | 7 | 4,345 |
| Other | 4 | 4,039 |
| Agriculture | 3 | 3,094 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2026 | Public Baths and LidosThe Minister is making an excellent point about prevention. The other thing that Swim England always emphasises is the importance of 11-year-olds being able to swim when they leave… HealthCulture CommunityLocal Government | 40 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Public Baths and LidosMy hon. Friend mentions community. Does he agree with me that pool users’ groups are crucial to keeping up standards in our ageing facilities? Would he also agree that we must targ… HealthCulture CommunityLocal Government | 53 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)When you talk about accountability and about when the market fails, the big question is what the role of Government is and what the role of the market is. During the covid years, w… | 138 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)Thank you, Dame Meg. What is the panel’s overall assessment of the strategy? What does it get right and where does it fall short? | 24 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)That is a really good snapshot. | 6 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)We have a good snapshot there. Ms Undy, without repeating any of that, is there anything further to add? | 19 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)You have a smile from Mr Grady, the Scottish MP here. | 11 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1552)Ms Undy, you have a background in mental health. What are the wider areas of Government policy that are more likely to determine whether the strategy succeeds or fails? | 29 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)Is there an endgame in terms of what the FCA would like to achieve, or is it quite open-ended? | 19 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)Ten years on from the EU referendum, what are the remaining areas, getting out your crystal ball, of former EU market abuse regulation that the FCA is planning or allowing some res… | 50 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 419)Is it the view of the panel that the covid stimulus has worked its way through now? There was some commentary at the time that some companies were carrying on artificially due to s… | 84 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)I do not know whether Mr Alder wants to come in. | 11 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)Last year, the FCA changed the way it measures insider trading and concluded that, based on our insights, we have not seen an increase in market abuse over the last three years. Wa… | 50 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 417)My questions are on SMEs and lending. Last week there was a call launched by you for input on what the FCA can do to support access to finance for SMEs. What prompted that? | 34 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 419)In terms of the other regional elements of unemployment, you have mentioned London, but are there other regions where there may be older industries that are now no longer providing… | 66 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 16 | 20.0% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 13 | 16.3% |
| Home Office | 9 | 11.3% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 7 | 8.8% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 6 | 7.5% |
| Department for Education | 5 | 6.3% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 5 | 6.3% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 4 | 5.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the health and wellbeing of children living in temporary accommodation. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support pregnant women living in temporary accommodation. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to promote human rights and environmental due diligence in global supply chains. | Pending |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to promote and enforce ethical business practices across global supply chains. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117363 on Water: Waste Disposal, whether she will publish an overview of the initial investigation of Extended Produc… | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to speech and language therapy for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), particularly for people who are linguistically… | Answered |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to help reduce youth homelessness in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting student visa access for women and girls from Afghanistan on the ability of those people to access education. | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with international partners on (a) support for the Myanmar Cooperation Treaty and (b) efforts to establish a Myanmar-led… | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) adding more female scientists to the National Curriculum and (b) making it mandatory for exam boards to include them in the syllabus. | Answered |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the museum sector. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnoses of Parkinson's disease. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Written Statement of 2 March 2026 on Asylum changes, HCWS1373, what recent steps her Department has taken to introduce community sponsorship. | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department is taking to (a) help stop executions and (b) promote human rights in Saudi Arabia. | Answered |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with representatives of Royal Mail on pay and working conditions for employees. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Oct 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 71 | 21,657 | 8.2% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 189 | 0.1% |
| Staffing | 0 | 243,195 | 91.8% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 4,600 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 21 | 3,074 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 3 | 1,557 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 6 | 1,122 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 1,099 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 12 | 565 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 5 | 398 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 14 | 348 |
| Hospitality | Office Costs | 3 | 41 |
| Recruitment Services &Costs | Office Costs | 3 | 40 |
| Parking | Office Costs | 1 | 3 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 1 | 3 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Sundries | 79 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 83 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 60 | Paid |
| 16 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Hospitality | Tea and cleaning supplies | 9 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 75 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA | 12 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Toner for printer | 828 | Paid |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ADOBE PREMIERE PRO | 263 | Paid |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Box to package printer for return to Parliamentary Digital Services | 6 | Paid |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Postage & couriers | International postage stamp | 3 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 30 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA | 12 | Paid |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Notebook/Diary | 14 | Paid |
| 23 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 98 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 163 | Paid |
| 15 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner February 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 30 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA | 12 | Paid |
| 30 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA | 12 | Paid |
| 29 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Recruitment Services &Costs | Interviewee travel expenses | 6 | Paid |
| 28 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 43 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings2 entries
20 Jan 2026
Payment: £1,489.80
Received on: 5 January 2026. Hours: 4 hrs.
(Registered 6 January 2026)
20 Jan 2026
Role, work or services: Speaking engagement
Payer: Ravenswood School, 10 Henry Street, Gordon NSW 2072, Australia
(Registered 6 January 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 year1 entry
08 Oct 2025
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)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 20 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Park | Alessandra Rossetti | Liberal Democrats | 1,471 | 05 May 2022 |
| Alexandra Park | Sarah Jane Penelope Elliott | Labour Party | 1,475 | 05 May 2022 |
| Crouch End | Cressida Katy Estelle Johnson | Labour Party | 2,278 | 05 May 2022 |
| Crouch End | Lester Ransley Buxton | Labour Party | 1,960 | 05 May 2022 |
| Crouch End | Luke Cawley-Harrison | Liberal Democrats | 1,942 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortis Green | Dawn Barnes | Liberal Democrats | 1,979 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortis Green | Joy Wallace | Labour Party | 1,823 | 05 May 2022 |
| Fortis Green | Mark Blake | Labour Party | 1,743 | 05 May 2022 |
| Friern Barnet | Barry John Rawlings | Labour Party | 2,779 | 05 May 2022 |
| Friern Barnet | Linda Lusingu | Labour Party | 2,880 | 05 May 2022 |
| Friern Barnet | Pauline Coakley Webb | Labour Party | 3,030 | 05 May 2022 |
| Harringay | Anna Abela | Labour Party | 1,941 | 05 May 2022 |
| Harringay | Gina Adamou | Labour Party | 1,832 | 05 May 2022 |
| Harringay | Zena Brabazon | Labour Party | 1,829 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hornsey | Adam Small | Labour Party | 3,767 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Muswell Hill | Cathy Brennan | Labour Party | 1,298 | 05 May 2022 |
| Muswell Hill | Pippa Connor | Liberal Democrats | 1,546 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stroud Green | Alexandra Isobel Worrell | Labour Party | 2,132 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stroud Green | Eldridge Culverwell | Labour Party | 2,000 | 05 May 2022 |
| Stroud Green | George Dunstall | Labour Party | 1,827 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 104,280 | Electorate 69,885 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 60.0% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 69.4% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 50.4% | households |
| Private-rented | 33.6% | households |
| Social-rented | 15.8% | households |
| Employment rate | 65.9% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.