Catherine West

Catherine West is the Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, and has been an MP continuously since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs).

Registered Interests

The Register of Members’ Financial Interests is updated fortnightly online when the House is sitting, and less frequently at other times. Interests remain in the Register for twelve months after the interest has ended.

The interests set out below are those included in the most recently published version of the Register. All versions of the Register can be found here.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

  • Name of donor: All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Address of donor: c/o Malaria No More UK, Room 202, 2nd Floor, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Transport, flights and taxi visit to the University of Dundee as Co-Chair of the APP Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, to see the science, research and innovation on neglected infectious diseases at the Drug Discovery Unit and Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, total value £380
    Date received: 21 September 2023
    Date accepted: 21 September 2023
    Donor status: other
    (Registered 27 September 2023)

4. Visits outside the UK

  • Name of donor: British Council
    Address of donor: 1 Redman Place, Stratford, London E20 1JQ
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights £1,728.96, accommodation £973.13, transport and other costs £238.99, total value £2,930.65
    Destination of visit: Tokyo, Japan
    Dates of visit: 31 October - 7 November 2022
    Purpose of visit: To experience the work of the British Council across arts, education and the English language, in Japan; a strategic, non-ODA priority operation at the centre of the UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt.
    (Registered 24 November 2022)
  • Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Address of donor: c/o Malaria No More UK, Room 202, 2nd Floor, 30 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
    Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,600); accommodation (£620); food, in-country transport, and other expenses (£180); total value £2,400
    Destination of visit: Malawi
    Dates of visit: 23-29 July 2023
    Purpose of visit: As Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, to see the impact of malaria and neglected tropical diseases, and the challenges faced by government, NGOs, academic and research institutions, and local communities in tackling these diseases.
    (Registered 31 July 2023)

8. Miscellaneous

  • From July 2019 to July 2020, and from 9 October 2020 until 30 September 2024, Vice-President (unremunerated) of the Local Government Association, which works with councils to support, promote and improve local government. (Registered 10 January 2020; updated 12 October 2020, 22 July 2021, 28 September 2022 and 15 August 2023)
  • From 30 September 2022, a Trustee of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 25 October 2022)