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Catherine Fookes
Catherine Ann Fookes (born October 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouthshire since 2024 and since 2025 is a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Fookes was born in 1970 and was educated at the private boarding school Godolphin School in Salisbury. She later studied at Middlesex Polytechnic studying Business studies and French, and later she did a master's degree in Development Studies at the University of Bath.
Fookes worked as a Campaigner at ActionAid, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming and the Organic Trade Board. She served as a board member on the Food and Drink Wales industry board helping to grow and promote the industry in Wales. In 2017 she became CEO of the Women's Equality Network Wales and chair of the Welsh think tank, Fabians Cymru. She is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee.
Fookes contested Monmouth at the 2016 Assembly election
In 2017 Fookes contested the Wyesham ward on Monmouthshire County Council. She came second, by 24 votes, to the Welsh Conservatives' Laura Anne Jones. In 2022 she was successfully elected to the council, representing the Town ward in Monmouth.
While on the council she job-shared the equalities and engagement portfolio on the council. She quit her portfolio and job for Women's Equality Network Wales in 2023, after being selected as Labour parliamentary candidate for the 2024 UK general election and to work on the campaign full-time.
In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Fookes raised more than £20,000 from trade unions to fight her campaign.
In the 2024 general election, Fookes was elected as MP for Monmouthshire with a majority of 3,338 (6.5%), defeating former Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies. On 17 July, Fookes announced her intention to resign her role as a councillor with a statement on social media, saying she would stand down "after the summer," saying she wished to avoid a by-election for her constituents in the summer holidays. Fookes resigned her seat in September 2024, with the following by-election won by Martin Newell, the Conservative candidate.
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Catherine Fookes
Catherine Ann Fookes (born October 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouthshire since 2024 and since 2025 is a Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Fookes was born in 1970 and was educated at the private boarding school Godolphin School in Salisbury. She later studied at Middlesex Polytechnic studying Business studies and French, and later she did a master's degree in Development Studies at the University of Bath.
Fookes worked as a Campaigner at ActionAid, Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming and the Organic Trade Board. She served as a board member on the Food and Drink Wales industry board helping to grow and promote the industry in Wales. In 2017 she became CEO of the Women's Equality Network Wales and chair of the Welsh think tank, Fabians Cymru. She is a member of the Fabian Society's executive committee.
Fookes contested Monmouth at the 2016 Assembly election
In 2017 Fookes contested the Wyesham ward on Monmouthshire County Council. She came second, by 24 votes, to the Welsh Conservatives' Laura Anne Jones. In 2022 she was successfully elected to the council, representing the Town ward in Monmouth.
While on the council she job-shared the equalities and engagement portfolio on the council. She quit her portfolio and job for Women's Equality Network Wales in 2023, after being selected as Labour parliamentary candidate for the 2024 UK general election and to work on the campaign full-time.
In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Fookes raised more than £20,000 from trade unions to fight her campaign.
In the 2024 general election, Fookes was elected as MP for Monmouthshire with a majority of 3,338 (6.5%), defeating former Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies. On 17 July, Fookes announced her intention to resign her role as a councillor with a statement on social media, saying she would stand down "after the summer," saying she wished to avoid a by-election for her constituents in the summer holidays. Fookes resigned her seat in September 2024, with the following by-election won by Martin Newell, the Conservative candidate.