Official portrait of Carla Lockhart

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist Party MP for Upper Bann, since 12 December 2019

Carla Lockhart is the Democratic Unionist Party MP for Upper Bann, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Scorecard

47.0% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
270 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
305 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Democratic Unionist Party MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
421 Debates spoken in 851 written questions tabled

Ranked 588 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
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No vote 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No vote 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No vote 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax Aye 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No vote 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 Aye 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 Aye 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Aye 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 Aye 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No vote 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No vote 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 No vote 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No vote 321–158

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

Role, work or services: Farming and administrative duties
Payer: Carla Lockhart and Rodney Condell, 5 Morrow Park, Clabby, BT75 0LT
Additional information: A family farm that I part own.

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Remuneration: £2,500 a year
Hours: 8 hrs a week
(Registered 11 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Agricultural land
Location: County Fermanagh
Ownership details: I own jointly with my husband
(Registered 3 February 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Governor of Dickson Primary School, Lurgan, Magheralin Primary School and Lurgan Junior High School.
(Registered 3 February 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

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

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

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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