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Last 12 months

How Carolyn Harris votes

Carolyn Harris voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 1 of those 210 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Carolyn Harris has 15 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 30 July 2026 - £570.0031 Jul 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 June 2026 - £270.0019 Jun 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Switzerland between 20 May 2026 and 22 May 20263 Jun 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 07 May 2026 - £300.008 May 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 10 April 2026 - £270.0011 Apr 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 20 March 2026 - £300.0020 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 06 February 2026 - £300.0020 Mar 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 05 December 2025 - £300.008 Dec 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 07 November 2025 - £300.0010 Nov 2025
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc paymentsPayment received on 19 September 2025 - £300.0023 Sep 2025
Show the other 5
TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
MiscellaneousDirector and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.11 Nov 2024
Employment and earningsPolitical panellist - TV - ITN11 Nov 2024
MiscellaneousNon-executive director, Centre for Social Justice. This is an unpaid role.11 Nov 2024
MiscellaneousEquality, Diversity and Inclusion Trustee for Swansea City AFC Foundation. This is an unpaid role.26 Sep 2022
MiscellaneousVice President of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.7 Jul 2017

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Carolyn Harris asked 37 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department of Health and Social Care17
Treasury10
Department for Business and Trade4
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs3
Department for Work and Pensions1

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department of Health and Social Care
Not answered yet

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£8,458
Office costs · claims for running an office£7,695
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£763

41 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Carolyn Harris represents Neath and Swansea East. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Carolyn Harris

Labour

MAJORITY
6,627

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
53%

of people who could vote did

Carolyn Harris won with 42% of the votes, and Dai Richards (Reform UK) came second with 25%.

Votes for each party

Labour42% · 16,797
Reform UK25% · 10,170
Plaid Cymru13% · 5,350
Conservative9% · 3,765
Liberal Democrat6% · 2,344
Green Party4% · 1,711
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Carolyn HarrisLabour16,79741.8%
Dai RichardsReform UK10,17025.3%
Andrew JenkinsPlaid Cymru5,35013.3%
Samantha ChohanConservative3,7659.4%
Helen ClarkeLiberal Democrat2,3445.8%
Jan DowdenGreen Party1,7114.3%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£724 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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MonthThis MPParty average
Oct 25100%100%
Nov 25100%100%
Dec 25100%100%
Jan 26100%100%
Feb 26100%100%
Mar 26100%100%
Apr 2698%100%
May 26100%100%
Jun 26100%100%
Jul 26100%99%
Sep 26100%100%

Source: Commons Votes API

Times they voted against their party (1)
DateVoteThey votedMost of their party
14 AprCrime and policing: changes from the House of LordsAgainstFor

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