Catherine West
Born
1966
Mansfield
School
Meriden School, Sydney
Overseas
University
SOAS, University of London
In office
1.2 years
Longer than 13% of ministers
OfficeOther workEducation
In government
KS
Appointed by Keir Starmer
1 post · 2024–2025
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Minister for the Indo-Pacific
Career
Before Parliament 5
Voting record
1,747
votes since 2016
8
votes against their own party, 0.5% of 1,720 whipped votes
0
rebellions as a minister, from 145 votes
27
free votes, with no party line
Share of whipped votes cast against their own party
Whipped votes by year
With their partyAgainst
Votes by topic
With their partyAgainst
Free votes their own view
- Aye
- No
- No
- No
- No
- Aye
- AyeTobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading2024-04-16
- No
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
- Aye
Votes against their party latest 8
- No
- NoEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading2017-02-08 · Brexit & EU
- No
- NoComprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada2017-02-08 · Brexit & EU
- NoEuropean Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading2017-02-01 · Brexit & EU
- NoOpposition motion: The Government's plan for Brexit motion as amended2016-12-07 · Brexit & EU
- NoOpposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt)2016-12-07 · Brexit & EU
- NoUK's Nuclear Deterrent2016-07-18 · Energy & transport
Read the full voting transcript (1,747 votes)
Commons and Lords votes since 2016. Topics are assigned from division titles by keyword rules.
Bills sponsored
1
private member's bills, 1 as lead sponsor
0
of them became law
Private member's bills 1
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Went no further than first reading
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) (No. 2) Bill2019 · Private member's bill (ten-minute rule)
Taken from Parliament's own records of bills. A government bill carries the name of the minister who introduces it, so it says which brief they held, not that they wrote it. Private member's bills are the ones MPs and peers bring forward themselves, and very few become law.
Interests and jobs after office
Outside earnings2
£1,490
Other work £1,490
2 entries
- Payment received on 05 January 2026 - £1,489.802026-01-06
- Speaking engagement - Ravenswood School — Speaking engagement2026-01-06
Overseas visits1
1 entry
- International visit to China between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 20262026-06-05
Land & property1
1 entry
- Property in New South Wales2025-09-25
Current Register of Members' Financial Interests only.