Catherine West

Catherine West

Official portrait of Catherine West
Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
In office
9 July 2024 – 6 September 2025
Preceded byAnne-Marie Trevelyan
Succeeded bySeema Malhotra
Member of Parliament
for Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Hornsey and Wood Green (2015–2024)
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byLynne Featherstone
Majority21,475 (44.2%)
Leader of Islington London Borough Council
In office
6 May 2010 – 10 October 2013
Preceded byTerry Stacy
Succeeded byRichard Watts
Member of Islington London Borough Council
for Tollington
In office
2 May 2002 – 22 May 2014
Personal details
Born
Catherine Elizabeth West

(1966-09-14) 14 September 1966 (age 59)
Mansfield, Victoria, Australia
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)Colin Sutherland
Children2
RelativesMichael West (brother)
Italia Conti (great-great-aunt)
EducationMeriden School
Ravenswood School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
(BA, BSW)
SOAS, University of London (MA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Catherine Elizabeth West (born 14 September 1966) is an Australian and British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, formerly Hornsey and Wood Green, since 2015. She is a member of the Labour Party. She was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific from 2024 to 2025.

In May 2026, West caused the 2026 Labour Party leadership crisis and called for a cabinet minister to challenge Keir Starmer's leadership.[1]

On 14 July 2026, West was nominated by MP Neil Coyle for Labour Party leader in the 2026 leadership election. This happened after it was mathematically impossible for a candidate other than Andy Burnham to reach the needed level of 81 MPs.[2]

References

  1. Morton, Beth. "West: 'We can't go on with our main spokesperson being Keir'". BBC News. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  2. Hughes, David (14 July 2026). "Starmer thanks campaigners who helped 'shape me and make me who I am'". The Independent. Retrieved 14 July 2026.

Other websites

Media related to Catherine West at Wikimedia Commons


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