Carla Lockhart, MP for Upper Bann
Carla Lockhart has been an MP since 2019.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill | 2024 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| British Sign Language Bill | 2022 | |
| Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill | 2022 |
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.
Carla Lockhart has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Agricultural in County Fermanagh | 3 Feb 2020 |
| Miscellaneous | Governor of Dickson Primary School, Lurgan, Magheralin Primary School and Lurgan Junior High School. | 3 Feb 2020 |
| Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employment | Agreement - £2,500.00 | 11 Jan 2020 |
| Employment and earnings | Farming and administrative duties | – |
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.
Carla Lockhart asked 183 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.
90 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
Carla Lockhart represents Upper Bann. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Democratic Unionist Party
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Carla Lockhart won with 46% of the votes, and Catherine Nelson (Sinn Féin) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carla Lockhart | Democratic Unionist Party | 21,642 | 45.7% |
| Catherine Nelson | Sinn Féin | 14,236 | 30.1% |
| Eóin Tennyson | Alliance | 6,322 | 13.3% |
| Kate Evans | Ulster Unionist Party | 3,662 | 7.7% |
| Malachy Quinn | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 1,496 | 3.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
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Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Carla Lockhart took part in 125 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Carla Lockhart voted the same way as their party in 123 of the 123 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 |
| 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 |
| 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% | 99% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 96% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 98% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| 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