At a glanceCarolyn Harris is a Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 465 votes in Commons divisions (81% attendance), tabled 793 written questions and registered 16 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Carolyn Harris did not vote in 110. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill Committee since 26 Jun 2025
- Administration Committee Committee since 28 Oct 2024
- Panel of Chairs Committee since 30 Jul 2024
- Neath and Swansea East Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 452 of 452 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 451 of 451 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 451 of 451 shared votes
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Sean Woodcock
Labour
100.0% · 449 of 449 shared votes
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Callum Anderson
Labour
100.0% · 447 of 447 shared votes
Votes least like
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Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain
0.0% · 0 of 146 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 343 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 296 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.3% · 1 of 290 shared votes
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George Freeman
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 255 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Political panellist - TV - ITN (registered 11 Nov 2024)
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments10
- Payment received on 19 June 2026 - £270.00 (registered 19 Jun 2026)
- Payment received on 07 May 2026 - £300.00 (registered 8 May 2026)
- Payment received on 10 April 2026 - £270.00 (registered 11 Apr 2026)
- Payment received on 20 March 2026 - £300.00 (registered 20 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 06 February 2026 - £300.00 (registered 20 Mar 2026)
- Payment received on 05 December 2025 - £300.00 (registered 8 Dec 2025)
- Payment received on 07 November 2025 - £300.00 (registered 10 Nov 2025)
- Payment received on 19 September 2025 - £300.00 (registered 23 Sep 2025)
- Payment received on 01 August 2025 - £300.00 (registered 1 Aug 2025)
- Payment received on 17 July 2025 - £300.00 (registered 18 Jul 2025)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Switzerland between 20 May 2026 and 22 May 2026 (registered 3 Jun 2026)
Miscellaneous4
- Non-executive director, Centre for Social Justice. This is an unpaid role. (registered 11 Nov 2024)
- Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. (registered 11 Nov 2024)
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Trustee for Swansea City AFC Foundation. This is an unpaid role. (registered 26 Sep 2022)
- Vice President of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. (registered 7 Jul 2017)
Written questions
Obesity: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE guidance on GLP-1 medications for obesity is implemented consistently across Integrated Care Boards; and if he will review the methodology us
Answer · 2 Jun 2026
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are legally required to make funding available for medicines recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in line with NICE guidance and the NICE Funding Variation for tirzepatide. NHS England i...
Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on establishing a cross Government obesity strategy that treats modern obesity t
Answer · 2 Jun 2026
The 10-Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025, set out the decisive action the Government is taking to tackle the obesity crisis and ease the strain on the National Health Service. This included a commitment to expand access to GLP-1 medicin...
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether the current resourcing level in the Criminal Enforcement Unit of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is sufficient to progress
Answer · 30 Mar 2026
Resourcing levels and operational demand are kept under ongoing review to ensure the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Criminal Enforcement Unit remains able to respond effectively to evolving criminal threats. While additional capacit...
Yellow Card Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many reports submitted by members of the public through the Yellow Card scheme resulted in enforcement action by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, in each of the past fiv
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 March 2026 to Question 122732.The Yellow Card scheme collects reports of suspected adverse drug reactions, medical device incidents, and concerns about the safety and quality of medicines. Where appropria...
Yellow Card Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many reports were submitted by members of the public through the Yellow Card scheme, in each of the past five years, in relation to the sale of (a) counterfeit medicines, (b) unapproved medicin
Answer · 31 Mar 2026
Answering the question raised by the Hon. Member would require the Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency staff to go through a large volume of data manually. This is because the information is not held in such a way to be able to filter by the requeste...
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve support and services for patients with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
Answer · 25 Mar 2026
NHS England continues to work with eating disorder services and local commissioners to improve access to assessment and treatment for people with a suspected eating disorder, including those presenting with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID...
Babies and Pregnancy: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regarding the potential merits of incorporating (a) evidence on the maternal and neonatal risks from
Answer · 19 Mar 2026
Defra is working across Government to reset the climate adaptation framework and safeguard people, livelihoods, and our natural environment. Defra is setting stronger objectives and improving governance and monitoring, to help Government turn evidence int...
Pregnancy: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to work with UKHSA to issue specific guidance for (a) health professionals and (b) the public, regarding the health risks to pregnant people during periods of extreme
Answer · 23 Mar 2026
The Department and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recognises that there are risks caused by exposure to extreme high temperatures which are set out in the Adverse Weather and Health Plan Equity Review and Impact Assessment 2024. This includes an as...
Early day motions
| 12 Jan 2026 | Commemoration of Terry Yorath | 20 sig. |
| 6 Jun 2022 | Maggie's You Care, We Care Campaign | 20 sig. |
| 10 Feb 2020 | Sue Ryder bereavement campaign | 24 sig. |
| 7 Dec 2016 | CHILDREN'S FUNERAL COSTS | 169 sig. |
| 8 Jun 2016 | EU-CANADA COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC AND TRADE AGREEMENT | 81 sig. |
| 23 May 2016 | FIXED-ODDS BETTING TERMINALS | 85 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
15 Jul 2026 Engagements
I can do this. Can I thank my right hon. and learned, and very dear, Friend for everything he has given to our party and our country? There were few who believed we could make the changes needed to bring in a Labour Government after the ge…
7 Jul 2026 Human Rights in Kashmir
I intend to start the Front-Bench speeches at 5.8 pm. Will Members please make sure that they keep their remarks as short as possible?
7 Jul 2026 Human Rights in Kashmir
I remind Members that they need to stand if they intend to speak, as there are a lot more people in the Chamber than on my list, and that you need to have been here at the start of the debate to be able to make a speech.
7 Jul 2026 Future of British Horseracing
I remind hon. Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate, and they should be brief. I intend to call the Front Benchers at 3.28 pm, and I suggest that all interventions be kept short.
7 Jul 2026 Future of British Horseracing
Order. The last two interventions were long enough to be speeches. I cannot allow interventions of that length. There is a process where you apply to speak and you will be called to make a speech, but interventions need to be short, as the…
7 Jul 2026 Future of British Horseracing
Order. I ask Members to be brief with interventions.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Minister.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Order. I call the Minister.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Order. I think that your clarification has been made. Thank you very much.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Order. I call Iqbal Mohamed.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Order. The clock displays are broken, but we are working on fixing them. I will notify Members by coughing just before their three minutes are up.
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Thank you for your point of order and for notifying me of it in advance, but decisions relating to the publication of e-petitions and the scheduling of e-petition debates properly sit with the Petitions Committee. If you have not already d…
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
I remind hon. Members that “Rules of behaviour and courtesies in the House of Commons” notes: “The privilege of freedom of speech in debate…allows us to conduct our debates without fear of outside interference. But it is a freedom which…
11 Jun 2026 Legacy of Jo Cox
I certainly do. Jo’s vision is something I have tried desperately to live up to in all my political career. In Jo’s memory, 10 years on from her tragic and untimely death, I urge colleagues from all parties—even those who are not with u…
11 Jun 2026 Legacy of Jo Cox
What an honour it is to be here in the Chamber, alongside 2015 friends—my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) —and obviously my hon. Friend the…
11 Jun 2026 Transport Hubs: UV Index Alerts
One of the key findings of the recent beauty, hair and wellbeing all-party parliamentary group UV safety report was that the public do not fully understand the UV index. With evidence showing that over 86% of skin cancer is entirely preven…
11 Jun 2026 Transport Hubs: UV Index Alerts
11. What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of providing UV index alerts on public information boards at transport hubs.
14 May 2026 Business of the House
The Welsh, known for our singing, are united in concern for Swansea’s global superstar Bonnie Tyler, who has been hospitalised in Portugal due to ill health. Will the Leader of the House join me in wishing Bonnie a safe and speedy recovery…
23 Apr 2026 Business of the House
In May 2025, the all-party parliamentary group on beauty and wellbeing, which I chair, launched an inquiry into ultraviolet safety in the UK. Over nine months, we have taken evidence from the industry, academics, clinicians and those with …
23 Apr 2026 Gambling Advertising
Order. Can we not have debate across the Chamber, please? Can you finish your wind-up, Mr Ballinger?
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) · Government Equalities Office 3 Jul 2017 – 10 Apr 2020
- Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) · Home Office 9 Oct 2016 – 3 Jul 2017
Committee memberships
- Panel of Chairs 20 Oct 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Home Affairs Committee 7 Mar 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Women and Equalities Committee 8 Feb 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Welsh Grand Committee 18 Jan 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Criminal Justice Bill 6 Dec 2023 – 30 Jan 2024
- Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill 20 Jul 2022 – 7 Sep 2022
- Environmental Audit Committee 20 Jul 2015 – 12 Sep 2016
- Welsh Affairs Committee 13 Jul 2015 – 18 Jul 2016
Previous seats
- Swansea East · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 4316
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Carolyn Harris, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Carolyn Harris?
Carolyn Harris is a Member of Parliament representing Neath and Swansea East in the House of Commons. See Carolyn Harris's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Carolyn Harris represent?
Carolyn Harris sits as Labour. See Carolyn Harris's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Carolyn Harris represent?
Carolyn Harris is the Member of Parliament for Neath and Swansea East. See Carolyn Harris's official Parliament profile.
How long has Carolyn Harris been an MP?
Carolyn Harris has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Carolyn Harris's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Carolyn Harris?
Carolyn Harris has 16 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Carolyn Harris's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.