UK Parliament · member 4436
Cat Smith MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
- Member for this seat since
- 7 May 2015
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Cat Smith, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Israel between 06 October 2025 and 09 October 2025 (registered 29 October 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 398 recorded divisions where Cat Smith and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Cat Smith voted the same way as most voting Labour members 393 times (98.7%).
This compares Cat Smith with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£27,959 across 3 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Methodist Church | Other | 3 | £27,959 | 2020-09-21 to 2022-09-26 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £13,998 across 40 claim lines; 2024-25: £260,702 across 75 claim lines; 2023-24: £255,321 across 108 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 27 | £10,531 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 12 | £2,567 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 1 | £900 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £206,705 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 11 | £25,645 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 53 | £13,086 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 4 | £9,519 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £3,706 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £2,042 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 4 | £201,149 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 25 | £26,132 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 67 | £15,588 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 5 | £8,284 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 5 | £3,172 |
| 2023-24 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £912 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £84 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 June 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — WATER PLUS | £100 | Paid |
| 15 November 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Office electricity — constituency office electricity | £97 | Paid |
| 12 July 2021 | Office Costs · Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | trade waste bags for constituency office | £97 | Paid |
| 1 June 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £968 | Paid |
| 15 November 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | XMA Ltd — November XMA invoice for stationery | £97 | Paid |
| 22 July 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — constituency office electricity | £96 | Paid |
| 15 February 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | electricity — constituency office electricity | £96 | Paid |
| 15 October 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — constituency office electricity | £96 | Paid |
| 24 March 2016 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Payment Card 25/03/16 — MAINS BUSINESS Stationery, Office, and School Supply Stores | £950 | Paid |
| 31 March 2023 | Staff Travel · Other public transport | Aggregated figure for travel during 2022-23 | £96 | Paid |
| 23 February 2018 | Office Costs · Computer HW Purchase | Payment Card 1.3.18 — VIKING | £95 | Paid |
| 20 April 2016 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Payment Card 29/03/16 — BES ELECTRICITY - Utilities-Electric, Gas, Sanitary, Water | £95 | Paid |
| 25 March 2019 | Accommodation · Council Tax | IPSA card 1.4.19 — LAMBETH INTERNET PAYM | £95 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £9,390 | Paid |
| 18 December 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — WATER PLUS | £94 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.