Catherine Ann Fookes (born October 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouthshire since 2024.

[2] She worked in the private sector and later served as chief executive of Women's Equality Network Wales and chair of the Welsh think tank, Fabians Cymru.

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.

[12] In October 2024, Fookes was elected to the Women and Equalities Select Committee[13] In her South Wales Argus column, she vowed to end river pollution by 2029, naming it her “top priority”.

[20] In November 2024, Fookes voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.