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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) No vote 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) No vote 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) No vote 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 No vote 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) No vote 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) No 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading No 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 Aye 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 Aye 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No vote 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 Aye 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No vote 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No vote 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 Aye 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading No vote 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No vote 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 Aye 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 Aye 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

914 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.

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