Carolyn Harris, MP for Neath and Swansea East
Carolyn Harris has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Administration Committee; Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (Government Equalities Office) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (Home Office) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2025 | |
| Administration Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Criminal Justice Bill | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 | |
| Home Affairs Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2022 to 2024 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
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.
Carolyn Harris has 15 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 July 2026 - £570.00 | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 June 2026 - £270.00 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Switzerland between 20 May 2026 and 22 May 2026 | 3 Jun 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 07 May 2026 - £300.00 | 8 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 April 2026 - £270.00 | 11 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 20 March 2026 - £300.00 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 06 February 2026 - £300.00 | 20 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 05 December 2025 - £300.00 | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 07 November 2025 - £300.00 | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 19 September 2025 - £300.00 | 23 Sep 2025 |
Show the other 5
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Political panellist - TV - ITN | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Non-executive director, Centre for Social Justice. This is an unpaid role. | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Trustee for Swansea City AFC Foundation. This is an unpaid role. | 26 Sep 2022 |
| Miscellaneous | Vice 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
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.
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.
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.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
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
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Harris | Labour | 16,797 | 41.8% |
| Dai Richards | Reform UK | 10,170 | 25.3% |
| Andrew Jenkins | Plaid Cymru | 5,350 | 13.3% |
| Samantha Chohan | Conservative | 3,765 | 9.4% |
| Helen Clarke | Liberal Democrat | 2,344 | 5.8% |
| Jan Dowden | Green Party | 1,711 | 4.3% |
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 Carolyn Harris took part in 210 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Carolyn Harris voted the same way as their party in 209 of the 210 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
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 | 98% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this