UK Parliament · member 5293
Cat Eccles MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Cat Eccles, 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.
Miscellaneous
- Trustee of Wollaston Village Hall. This is an unpaid role. (registered 18 July 2024)
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 15 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1) (registered 18 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 317 recorded divisions where Cat Eccles and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Cat Eccles voted the same way as most voting Labour members 307 times (96.8%).
This compares Cat Eccles 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: £19,415 across 51 claim lines; 2024-25: £179,239 across 94 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 48 | £18,665 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 3 | £750 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 4 | £123,076 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 66 | £26,775 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 11 | £19,933 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 10 | £5,273 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £4,183 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Constituency phone bill - March 2025 | £96 | Paid |
| 27 February 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Constituency office phone bill - Feb 2025 | £96 | Paid |
| 13 February 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Constituency phone bill for February 2025 | £96 | Paid |
| 21 January 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Constituency phone charges | £96 | Paid |
| 18 December 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — Phone bill for constituency office - Dec 2024 | £96 | Paid |
| 23 March 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] [200011725-7114] | £960 | Paid |
| 16 July 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | CHEAPESTPRINTONLINE | £949 | Paid |
| 19 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | VIKING | £95 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Hotel - London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £928 | Paid |
| 11 December 2024 | Office Costs · Recruitment Services &Costs | HIVE SUPPORT LTD | £900 | Paid |
| 18 July 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | CHEAPESTPRINTONLINE | £881 | Paid |
| 17 October 2025 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £89 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Subsistence | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £89 | Paid |
| 3 September 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | house sitting | £853 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £803 | 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.