Hornsey and Friern Barnet.

A 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes, Catherine West has nonetheless drawn local attention recently for constituency advocacy rather than dissent. In February, she used a Prime Ministers Questions slot to push Keir Starmer directly on Alexandra Palace's competitive future -- securing a positive response and planning a follow-up parliamentary roundtable for June. She also made the case publicly in March for resetting UK-EU ties to benefit young people, specifically backing Erasmus+ access. On votes, she backed the government's tightening of asylum support rules in late April, supported restoring ministerial reserve powers over pension fund investment, and voted against referring the Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee.

West participates in 60% of votes -- below the Commons average -- but where she votes, she follows Labour completely. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with fiscal responsibility, progressive taxation, and housing development, while sitting well below her party average on pro-business and parliamentary scrutiny positions. Her most distinctive deviations are a higher-than-average alignment on pension protection and armed forces welfare, both running roughly 50 percentage points above her Labour colleagues. Her speeches concentrate heavily on defence -- 41 contributions -- followed by the economy, culture, and cost of living, which stands out given her constituency focus.

West holds a seat on the Treasury Committee, which helps explain her engagement with pension and fiscal legislation. Her news coverage over the past 90 days skews toward crime stories (eight articles, low positive sentiment) alongside education and culture pieces. She served as a junior minister after Labour's 2024 election win before moving to backbench committee work. Full voting and contribution records are available from 2015 onwards.