Carolyn Harris

MP since 7 May 2015

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

1785

Votes Cast

£305,970

Expenses 2024-25

6,627

Majority

41.9%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£305,970

Staffing£243,615
Accommodation£28,458
Office£26,144
Travel£7,753

Year-on-Year

2024-25£305,970
2023-24£294,168
2022-23£278,659
2021-22£254,351
2020-21£234,823
2019-20£206,132
2018-19£203,534
2017-18£200,268
2016-17£197,520
2015-16£164,127

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 40,137 voters

Labour
16,797 votes41.9%
Reform UK
10,170 votes25.3%
Plaid Cymru
5,350 votes13.3%
Conservative
3,765 votes9.4%
Liberal Democrat
2,344 votes5.8%
Green Party
1,711 votes4.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

56

Written Questions

12

Oral Questions

71

Debates Spoken In

135

Speeches

467

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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Aye: 1026No: 759

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1 AYE1 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill

2 votes · 16 Dec 2025

2 NO

Opposition day

2 votes · 10 Dec 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill

2 votes · 9 Dec 2025

5 AYE

Employment Rights Bill

5 votes · 8 Dec 2025

4 NO

Pension Schemes Bill

4 votes · 3 Dec 2025

Financial Interests(5)

Employment and earnings

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

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
1 May 2017

Registered 7 July 2017

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
26 August 2022

Registered 26 September 2022

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
16 October 2024

Registered 11 November 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
15 October 2024

Registered 11 November 2024

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Carolyn in Parliament

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Thirty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Immigration: Skil

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care29 Aug 2025

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies and children under the age of two are (a) in Mother and Baby Units in prisons in England and (b) have been in Mother and Baby Units in prison

AnsweredMinistry of Justice10 Jul 2025

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers in prison (a) are currently separated from their children under the age of two and (b) have been separated from their babies and children un

AnsweredMinistry of Justice10 Jul 2025

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the context of children under the age of two who are separated from their mothers in prison, if she will publish (a) a list of types of setting in which t

AnsweredMinistry of Justice10 Jul 2025

Food and Drink Sector Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Food and Drink Sector Council last met; and when they plan to meet next.

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3 Jul 2025

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery were granted temporary leave to remain under section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 for (a) assist

AnsweredHome Office14 Mar 2025

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of negative conclusive grounds decisions under the National Referral Mechanism on vulnerable individua

AnsweredHome Office16 Dec 2024

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and (b) the Illegal Migration Act 2023 on decisions made u

AnsweredHome Office16 Dec 2024

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) positive reasonable grounds decisions and (b) conclusive grounds decisions which have been made u

AnsweredHome Office16 Dec 2024

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of health services for women.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care13 Nov 2024
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