Dame Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire
Harriett Baldwin has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Shadow Paymaster General; Treasury Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Minister of State (Department for International Development) (Joint with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Department for International Development) | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2016 to 2018 | |
| Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2014 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Paymaster General (HM Treasury) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Shadow Minister (Business and Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister (Development) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill | 2024 | |
| Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Financial Services and Markets Bill | 2022 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Members Estimate Audit Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Administration Estimate Audit and Risk Assurance Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Administration Committee | 2014 | |
| Work and Pensions Committee | 2010 to 2012 |
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
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.
Harriett Baldwin has 12 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | Association of Marshall Scholars - £1,284.00 | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | 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. | 1 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Institute of Directors - £3,750.00 | 14 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Speaking Engagement - MHP Group | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 15 January 2026 - £760.00 | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Spain between 13 November 2025 and 15 November 2025 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | KKCG UK Advisory Ltd - £410.00 | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | The British School of Brussels - £386.79 | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium, which my father helped to establish. This is an unpaid position. | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | A Member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | 31 Oct 2024 |
Show the other 2
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role. | 23 Aug 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Aug 2023 |
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.
Harriett Baldwin asked 194 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
63 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Harriett Baldwin represents West Worcestershire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Harriett Baldwin won with 36% of the votes, and Dan Boatright-Greene (Liberal Democrat) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harriett Baldwin | Conservative | 19,783 | 36.2% |
| Dan Boatright-Greene | Liberal Democrat | 13,236 | 24.2% |
| Kash Haroon | Labour | 8,335 | 15.2% |
| Christopher Edmondson | Reform UK | 7,902 | 14.4% |
| Natalie McVey | Green Party | 5,068 | 9.3% |
| Seonaid Barber | Party of Women | 363 | 0.7% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Harriett Baldwin took part in 201 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Harriett Baldwin voted the same way as their party in 199 of the 199 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
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