Cat Eccles
Cat Eccles | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Stourbridge | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Suzanne Webb |
| Majority | 3,073 (7.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stourbridge, England |
| Political party | Labour Party UK |
Catherine Eccles[1] is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Stourbridge since 2024,[2] and a Councillor in Dudley since 2022[3]
She has previously worked in hospital operating theatres as a Senior Operating Department Practitioner (ODP). She has been a member of the Labour Party for over 7 years.
Early political career
[edit]Eccles has been a local councillor for the Wollaston and Stourbridge Town ward, on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, since 2022[3]
She is a member of Unison, Unite the Union, the National Trust, and is a Trustee of Wollaston Village Hall.[4][5]
Parliamentary career
[edit]Eccles was selected as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in the constituency of Stourbridge, a then safe seat for the Conservative Party, in December 2023.[6]
She is the Chair of the APPG on Visual Arts and Artists.[7]
In Parliament, Eccles made a number of interventions in support of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. In the second reading of the Bill, Eccles objected to the use of language describing assisted dying as assisted suicide, raising a point of order in Parliament over "offensive" terminology.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Stourbridge - General election results 2024". BBC News.
- ^ a b "Councillor Cat Eccles". www.dudley.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Personal Register of Interests: Councillor Cat Eccles". Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Register of Interests for Cat Eccles - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "New Labour candidate for Stourbridge 'honoured' to have been selected". Stourbridge News. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups". UK Parliament. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Commons Chamber - Hansard - UK Parliament". hansard.parliament.uk. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
External links
[edit]
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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