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Last 12 months

How Cat Eccles votes

Cat Eccles voted the same way as their party in 99% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 1 of those 140 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Cat Eccles has 2 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousDudley Metropolitan Borough Councillor, (unpaid since 15 July 2024 and previously registered under Category 1)18 Jul 2024
MiscellaneousTrustee of Wollaston Village Hall. This is an unpaid role.18 Jul 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Cat Eccles asked 64 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care23
Department for Work and Pensions11
Department for Education7
Department for Transport6
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs4

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Not answered yet
11 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 21 Sep 2026
10 Sep 2026 · to the Cabinet Office
Answered 30 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Answered 16 Sep 2026
9 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 16 Sep 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£18,583
Office costs · claims for running an office£17,083
Staffing · claims relating to staff£1,500

51 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Cat Eccles represents Stourbridge. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Cat Eccles

Labour

MAJORITY
3,073

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
58%

of people who could vote did

Cat Eccles won with 38% of the votes, and Suzanne Webb (Conservative) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour38% · 15,338
Conservative31% · 12,265
Reform UK20% · 7,869
Green Party4% · 1,732
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,607
Workers Party of Britain3% · 1,067
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Cat EcclesLabour15,33838.5%
Suzanne WebbConservative12,26530.8%
Richard ShawReform UK7,86919.7%
Stephen PriceGreen Party1,7324.3%
Christopher BramallLiberal Democrat1,6074.0%
Mohammed RamzanWorkers Party of Britain1,0672.7%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£712 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 80%90%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
View data table
MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 25100%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 26100%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 2688%99%
Sep 26100%100%

Source: Commons Votes API

Times they voted against their party (1)
DateVoteThey votedMost of their party
13 JulImmigration and asylum: the first main voteAgainstFor

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