UK Parliament · member 5291
Catherine Fookes MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Catherine Fookes, 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) - £315.00 (registered 23 June 2026)
Miscellaneous
- Smallholding jointly in my name, though I am not the landowner. (registered 1 December 2024)
- School Governor, Monmouth Comprehensive School. This is an unpaid role. (registered 25 July 2024)
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 462 recorded divisions where Catherine Fookes and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Catherine Fookes voted the same way as most voting Labour members 462 times (100.0%).
This compares Catherine Fookes 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
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
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: £23,272 across 74 claim lines; 2024-25: £212,774 across 199 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 66 | £22,469 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 8 | £802 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 3 | £155,457 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 160 | £26,459 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 11 | £18,043 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 12 | £7,167 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 12 | £5,300 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £348 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 February 2026 | Miscellaneous · Translation services (Welsh Language) | newsletter translation | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staffing · Working From Home Allowance | Aggregated figure for this business cost and budget category in 2024-25 | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Subsistence | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £97 | Paid |
| 20 December 2024 | Office Costs · Rent | constituency office rent 19/11 -31/12/24 | £920 | Paid |
| 16 January 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | ARGOS | £92 | Paid |
| 16 May 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet — BT Internet bill office | £92 | Paid |
| 5 February 2025 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Feb Dropbox Subscription [200011797-323] | £10 | Paid |
| 30 August 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £10 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-8958] | £10 | Paid |
| 10 December 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | £9 | Paid |
| 30 August 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | £9 | Paid |
| 18 January 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | £9 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £897 | Paid |
| 25 February 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] | £89 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £880 | 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.