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Carolyn Harris

Labour Neath and Swansea East

Voting record

5
Voted for
0
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Carolyn Harris’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 98%

How often Carolyn Harris voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Carolyn Harris doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) — Government Equalities Office (2017-07-03 to 2020-04-10) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) — Home Office (2016-10-09 to 2017-07-03) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Carolyn Harris →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Political panellist - TV
Payer: ITN (TV Channel), 200 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8XZ
(Registered 11 November 2024)
Payment: £300
Received on: 19 September 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 23 September 2025)
Payment: £300
Received on: 7 November 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 10 November 2025)
Payment: £300
Received on: 5 December 2025. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 8 December 2025)
Payment: £300
Received on: 20 March 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 20 March 2026)
Payment: £300
Received on: 6 February 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 20 March 2026)
Payment: £270
Received on: 10 April 2026. Hours: 6.5 hrs.
(Registered 11 April 2026)
Payment: £300
Received on: 7 May 2026. Hours: 7 hrs.
(Registered 8 May 2026)
Payment: £270
Received on: 19 June 2026. Hours: 6.5 hrs.
(Registered 19 June 2026)
Payment: £570
Received on: 30 July 2026. Hours: 13.5 hrs.
(Registered 31 July 2026)

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)

Health & social care
8. Miscellaneous

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

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)

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)

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

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Carolyn Harris yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Carolyn Harris has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£314,752.92 paid out to or for Carolyn Harris across 228 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Carolyn Harris’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £243,490.38 (4 claims)
Office Costs — £34,289.08 (203 claims)
Accommodation — £29,220.83 (15 claims)
MP Travel — £4,360.50 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £3,392.13 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Stationery & printing — £153.68, 2026-03-26 — AMAZON UK [***] [200013613-7822]
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £509.95, 2026-03-26 — BT BUSINESS BILL [200013613-8147]
Equipment - purchase — £199.98, 2026-03-26 — Other office equipment
TV licence — -£174.50, 2026-03-17 — TVLICENSING.CO.UK [200013613-7939]
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £115.50, 2026-03-13 — Members Monthly Mobile Phone Charges for February 22026
TV licence — £174.50, 2026-03-12 — TVLICENSING.CO.UK [200013613-13804]
Stationery & printing — £60.42, 2026-03-10 — AMAZON [***] [200013613-3222]
Mobile telephone - contract & usage — £115.50, 2026-02-28 — Members Mobile Phone Charges for February 2026

Every claim on file for Carolyn Harris →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Carolyn Harris — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Carolyn Harris’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Carolyn Harris is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Beauty, Hair and Wellbeing — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: British Beauty Council (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Romania — Vice Chair
Declared funding: UK/Romania Business (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK Spirits — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: UK Spirits Alliance (£9,001-10,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: UK Spirits Alliance — about £9,750.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK Spirits).

UK Spirits Alliance — about £9,750.50, 1 group
British Beauty Council — about £2,250.50, 1 group
UK/Romania Business — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Carolyn Harris personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Carolyn Harris is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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