Catherine Fookes MP: votes, interests and costs
Catherine Fookes (Labour) is the MP for Monmouthshire, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Catherine Fookes sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Immigration and Asylum Bill | 9 September 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 4 June 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | 18 December 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 28 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
| Great British Energy Bill | 11 September 2024 | 15 October 2024 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 36d52d1f4893.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Catherine Fookes, as the MP registered them: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Miscellaneous (2). Latest registration 21 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Green Man Festival Ltd - £592.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets (a donation of £300 was made to Green Man Trust)
- Value of the benefit: £592.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-08-21
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-08-21
- Name of the donor: Green Man Festival Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Green Man Festival Ltd
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) - £315.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Visit to Lundy Island
- Value of the benefit: £315.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-28
- Name of the donor: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Status of the donor: Other
- Description of donor status, where this could not be covered by defined options: Registered Charity (no 207076)
Smallholding jointly in my name, though I am not the landowner.
- The type of interest: Other
School Governor, Monmouth Comprehensive School. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Catherine Fookes's 2024-25 staffing spend as £155,487 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £24,926 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £155,487.03 |
| Office costs: spent | £24,925.73 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,042.81 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £12,468.58 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £348.31 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Monmouthshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Constituency Support Manager (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (casual), Senior Caseworker ×2 (casual), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (casual), Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Catherine Fookes is recorded voting in 501 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 55 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Catherine Fookes voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 67 written questions have been tabled by Catherine Fookes, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade , Department for Transport, Cabinet Office and 3 other departments.
Royal Mail
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure Royal Mail delivers letters to vulnerable people in a timely manner.
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving to a fully digitalised vocational driving licence application system.
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for vocational driving licences for (a) new applicants and (b) renewals.
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps she has taken to ensure retired civil servants receive pension a) quotes and b) payments on time.
Mentally Disordered Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the law on unfitness to plead.
Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including driving instructors under the position of trust law.
Driving Tests: South Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce car driving test wait times at (a) Monmouth test centre, (b) Abergavenny test centre and (c) test centres in South Wales.
Driving Licences: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce wait times for medical driving licences.
Domestic Abuse: Bank Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle financial abuse.
Control of Lead at Work Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impacts of proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations on women working in heritage and conservation.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e74399f5e81c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Catherine Fookes.
2024 general election
Catherine Fookes won Monmouthshire at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 21,010 votes (41.3%), a majority of 3,338 over David Davies (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Monmouthshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.