About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Carla Lockhart) represents you, and all of the people who live in Upper Bann, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

DUP MP for Upper Bann, Former DUP MLA for Upper Bann

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Entered the Assembly on 7 May 2016 — Election

Left the Assembly on 12 December 2019 — Resigned

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @carlalockhart
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Northern Ireland Office
• Treasury
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Mental Health: Northern Ireland
• Abortion: Northern Ireland
• Abortion
• Veterans: Northern Ireland
• Children: Day Care

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 8 Nov 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, British Sign Language Bill Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2022)
• Member, Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee ( 5 Jan 2022 to 12 Jan 2022)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Simpson
• David Trimble
• Harold McCusker

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• British Sign Language Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration 13 Jun 2025

  I rise to support and speak briefly to amendment (a) to amendment 77, tabled by the hon. Member for South Antrim (Robin Swann), and I will speak to new clause 13, amendment 96 and other amendments if time permits. I was rather confused when I looked at the amendment paper a few days ago and noticed that amendments that would directly impact on Northern Ireland had been tabled. When last I...

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration 13 Jun 2025

  My hon. Friend is absolutely right. On a constitutional basis alone, amendment (a) to amendment 77 is necessary, and I hope that hon. Members will feel they can support it. Moving on to factors beyond the constitution, I am concerned that there is a dangerous absence of an adequate regulatory framework for lethal drugs under the Bill. At present, clause 25 gives the Secretary of State powers...

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 13 - Regulation of approved substances and devices for self-administration 13 Jun 2025

  No, I will not. Amendment 443 sought to mandate that those substances be approved through the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and either the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence or the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group processes. I therefore strongly support amendment 96, tabled by the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham (Dr Johnson), which “ensures...

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