Ruth Cadbury MP: votes, interests and costs
Ruth Cadbury (Labour) is the MP for Brentford and Isleworth, in the seat since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Ruth Cadbury as a current member of these 4 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Core Tasks of Select Committees | 23 June 2026 | Current |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements | 11 June 2025 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| Transport Committee | 11 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (International Trade) | Department for Business and Trade | 4 December 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Planning) | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 19 September 2021 | 4 December 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities & Local Government) (Planning) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 14 May 2021 | 19 September 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing) | Department for Communities and Local Government | 10 October 2016 | 29 June 2017 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill | 1 December 2021 | 14 December 2021 |
| Building Safety Bill | 9 September 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
| Transport Committee | 2 March 2020 | 20 November 2023 |
| Transport Committee | 29 October 2018 | 6 November 2019 |
| Justice Committee | 11 September 2017 | 19 November 2018 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 6 July 2015 | 28 February 2017 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 3630abad30e3.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Ruth Cadbury: Visits outside the UK (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1), Family members engaged in third-party lobbying (1). The most recent was registered on 19 November 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Switzerland between 05 November 2025 and 08 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: MP delegation visit with focus on Switzerland’s rail and transport network and Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) system.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-11-05
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-08
Residential in Greater London
- Location of the land or property: Greater London
- A description of the property: house
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Nicholas Gash employed as Lobbyist
- Job title or role: Sole trader, providing policy and public affairs advice to clients
- Name of employer: Self Employed
- Name of the family member acting as a lobbyist: Nicholas Gash
- Who the family member is directly related to: Related to member directly
- Nature of relationship: Spouse
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Ruth Cadbury's 2024-25 staffing spend as £267,393 (budget £268,550). In 2023-24 it was £252,847. Office costs came to £25,941 of a £42,550 budget. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £267,392.63 | £252,847.34 | £234,862.05 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,940.89 | £25,050.47 | £24,862.05 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £171.11 | £1,081.08 | £94.00 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £42,550, staffing £268,550, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Brentford and Isleworth BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Administrative Officer (fixed term part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Support Officer (fixed term full time), Constituency Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Ruth Cadbury voted in the House of Commons: 480 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 50 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a 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, 186 written questions have been tabled by Ruth Cadbury, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Cabinet Office; Department for Education; Department for Transport; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; and others.
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps she is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies that engage in blacklisting workers who are members of trade unions.
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer given to written question UIN 111113, when does her department plan to publish an equalities impact assessment on the freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold due to take eff …
Air Traffic Control: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the recommendations from the 2024 Civil Aviation Authority report into the 2023 National Air Traffic Service failure have been a) implemented in full and b) partially implemented.
Airports: Vetting
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outstanding applications were there for security clearances for individuals working at airports in England as of A.) August 2024 B.) August 2025 C.) August 2026.
Driving Licences: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has she made of the average time taken to process an application for an over 70s driving licence.
Age Assurance: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment into the a) risk and b) impact on UK based individuals of data breaches of technology firms who hold information related to ag …
Driving Licences: Kosovo
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6277, what progress her Department has made on agreeing an exchange agreement with Kosovo.
Airports: Vetting
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has she made of the average waiting time for a security vetting application to be completed for individuals working at airports in England.
Podiatry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of regulations for individuals working as Foot Health Practitioners.
Sheltered Housing: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for older people buying leasehold properties in retirement homes.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d3b25a00e5a4. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Ruth Cadbury.
2024 general election
Ruth Cadbury won Brentford and Isleworth at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 20,007 votes (44.2%), a majority of 9,824 over Laura Blumenthal (Conservative). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Brentford and Isleworth figures
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