About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Carolyn Harris) represents you, and all of the people who live in Neath and Swansea East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Neath and Swansea East

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Swansea East

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @carolynharris.bsky.social
• @carolynharris24
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Carolyn Harris campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Gaming Machines
• Gambling
• Slavery
• Gambling: Advertising
• Funeral Payments

Currently held offices

• Member, Administration Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 30 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Dec 2023 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (20 Oct 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sep 2022)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee ( 7 Mar 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee ( 8 Feb 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) ( 3 Jul 2017 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 3 Jul 2017)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 12 Sep 2016)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 18 Jul 2016)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (8 out of 29)
• Chairman, Mental Health Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
• Chairman, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (1 out of 8)
• Chairman, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Seafarers’ Wages Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Domestic Abuse Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Farriers (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (6 out of 13)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 22 May 2025

  Over the last few days, the Welsh Rugby Union has announced plans to introduce a disproportionate funding formula that will disadvantage both the Ospreys and the Scarlets rugby union teams. Will the Leader of the House ask colleagues at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to add their voices to a group of cross-party Welsh MPs who are asking the WRU to find a way to protect and...

• Culture, Media and Sport: Lower League Football Clubs: Funding 22 May 2025

  What discussions she has had with the Premier League on the distribution of funding to lower league football clubs.

• Culture, Media and Sport: Lower League Football Clubs: Funding 22 May 2025

  English Football League clubs like my local team, Swansea City, are struggling. In fact, according to the accounts for EFL championship clubs covering the season ending May 2024, all but four clubs were making a loss, with an average loss of £17.5 million for the period. What more can we do to speed up a deal between the Premier League and lower-league clubs to ensure that funds are fairly...

More of Carolyn Harris’s recent appearances

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