Official portrait of Dame Harriett Baldwin

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, since 6 May 2010

Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

Dame Harriett Baldwin is the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Minister (Business and Trade).

Scorecard

73.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
419 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
155 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
12 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
914 Debates spoken in 688 written questions tabled

Ranked 309 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 Aye 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes Aye 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division No vote 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No vote 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Aye 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 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 No vote 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 vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 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 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye 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 Aye 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 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C No 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: Speaking Engagement
Payer: MHP Group (Public relations and communications activities), 60 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7RT
(Registered 16 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Payment: £760 The whole payment was donated to a charity in my constituency
Received on: 15 January 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
Paid directly to: a charity
(Registered 16 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Institute of Directors
Address of donor: 116 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ED
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two day intensive training course titled "Leadership for Directors", value £3,750
Date received: 11 May 2026 to 12 May 2026
Date accepted: 11 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration RC000252
(Registered 14 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Name of donor: KKCG UK Advisory Ltd
Address of donor: KKCG, 3 Dering Street, London W1S 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to an opera performance for a family member and me, value £410
Date received: 4 November 2025
Date accepted: 4 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 16075110
(Registered 11 November 2025)

On the register since 19 Dec 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Tertulias Limited
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel and accommodation (my husband joined me on the trip but paid for his own travel), value £575
Destination of visit: Spain (Barcelona)
Dates of visit: 13 November 2025 to 15 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Attendance at the annual Tertulias, alongside other MPs, fostering relationships between our two countries at the highest level. My role was to work together with people from the worlds of business, industry, academia, politics and the public sector in both countries to discuss issues of common interest and common concern.
(Registered 17 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK

Name of donor: Association of Marshall Scholars
Address of donor: 67 35th Street, Unit B-513 Brooklyn, NY 11232
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with taking part in the US-UK legislative exchange in Oxford, hospitality and accommodation, value £1,284
Date received: 12 June 2026 to 14 June 2026
Date accepted: 12 June 2026
Donor status: other (US non-profit endowment)
(Registered 18 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Name of donor: The British School of Brussels
Address of donor: The British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, Tervuren, Belgium
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Annual Trustee meeting of the British School in Brussels. Hospitality included a standard Eurostar return ticket and one night accommodation in order to be able to attend the meeting. Hotel (£214),travel (£172.79), value £386.79
Date received: 16 October 2025 to 17 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: other (School)
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Name of donor: Betting and Gaming Council
A £50 bet provided by the Betting and Gaming Council (which is under the threshold for registration under Category 3). Winnings of £355 were donated to a charity nominated by me.
Date interest arose: 27 March 2026
(Registered 1 June 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Trustee of the British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium, which my father helped to establish. This is an unpaid position.
Date interest arose: 17 October 2025
(Registered 20 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

A Member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 13 Nov 2024

A Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2022
(Registered 11 August 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 March 2020
(Registered 23 August 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

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

Money declared to them

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