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Carolyn Harris

Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East, since 7 May 2015

Carolyn Harris is the Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

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Scorecard

80.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
465 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
110 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
1 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
16 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
493 Debates spoken in 793 written questions tabled

Ranked 163 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part No vote 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part No vote 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H Aye 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B Aye 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 Aye 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B Aye 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Aye 357–174

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £270
Received on: 19 June 2026. Hours: 6.5 hrs.
(Registered 19 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Payment: £300
Received on: 7 May 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 8 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Payment: £270
Received on: 10 April 2026. Hours: 6.5 hrs.
(Registered 11 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Payment: £300
Received on: 6 February 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 20 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment: £300
Received on: 20 March 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 20 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment: £300
Received on: 5 December 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 8 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Payment: £300
Received on: 7 November 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 10 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Payment: £300
Received on: 19 September 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 23 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Payment: £300
Received on: 17 July 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 18 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Payment: £300
Received on: 1 August 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 1 August 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Role, work or services: Political panellist - TV
Payer: ITN (TV Channel), 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ
(Registered 11 November 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Women Political Leaders (WPL) AISBL
Address of donor: Rue Archimede 69, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£197.66), accommodation (£466.62), other travel (£30.10), meals (£61.62), value £756
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 20 May 2026 to 22 May 2026
Purpose of visit: Speaking at the World Health Assembly on a menopause panel
(Registered 3 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Trustee for Swansea City AFC Foundation. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 August 2022
(Registered 26 September 2022)

On the register since 7 Apr 2026

Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 11 November 2024)

On the register since 24 Nov 2025

Non-executive director, Centre for Social Justice. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 15 October 2024
(Registered 11 November 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

Vice President of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.
Date interest arose: 1 May 2017
(Registered 7 July 2017)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

493 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £2,495 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
23 Sep 2024 Mrs Carolyn Harris sitting MP ECH Alliance Other Visit £2,495

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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