The Rt Hon. the Baroness Harman KC
Labour
Member of the House of Lords
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Baroness Harman's full title is The Rt Hon. the Baroness Harman KC. Her name is Harriet Ruth Harman, and she is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Daily attendance allowance
£5,936
17 days attended across 1 published month
Total claimed
£5,936
Source: House of Lords Finance Office monthly publications, refreshed on the 5th of each month.
Lords votes · 2026
189 divisions
2 Content(1.1%)
62 Not-Content(32.8%)
125 didn't vote(66.1%)
2026-07-13
Not-Content
158–239
Not-Content
2026-04-27
Not-Content
58–138
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
65–173
Not-Content
2026-04-13
Not-Content
178–231
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
115–197
Not-Content
2026-03-26
Not-Content
64–140
Not-Content
2026-03-05
Not-Content
214–142
Content
2026-02-04
Not-Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
131–127
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
194–130
Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
168–178
Not-Content
2026-01-05
Not-Content
210–131
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 2
2024-12-10
Opera
My Lords, I warmly thank my noble friend Lord Murphy for securing this debate and the crystal clarity with which he set out the case for opera. I fear that, after such an excellent debate, I have very little to add, but I will speak in support of opera.
2024-10-29
Horn of Africa
My Lords, I am pleased to follow the illuminating and powerful speeches of the noble Lords, Lord Polak and Lord Bruce. I thank them for their welcome. I am more than pleased to find myself joining this House. We have an important job to do. Our task is t
Source: hansard.parliament.uk via hansard-api. Snippets shown
verbatim from the search API; click any debate title for the full record.
Register of Interests · 14 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 1: Remunerated employment etc.
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Participation in Insurance investor live conference, 24 September 2026, London
registered 2026-09-25
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Speaking engagement, 7 July 2026, NatWest leadership conference, London
registered 2026-07-22
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Participant in The Garden television production (commissioned by Sky), 15-18 June 2026
registered 2026-06-12
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Speaking engagement, 5 May 2026, Schofield and Associates, London
registered 2026-05-08
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Speaking engagement, 11 November 2025, Google, Oxfordshire
registered 2025-11-12
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Guest co-host, Top Flight women's executive leadership programme 2026 provided by The Pipeline
registered 2025-01-30 · amended 2026-02-23
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Regular appearances on LBC radio
registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Regular appearances on Times Radio
registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Regular appearances on Jeremy Vine show (Channel 5)
registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
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Participant, Electoral Dysfunction podcast on Sky News
registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)
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The member is a shareholder with a controlling interest in a property management company; full details are held by the Registrar of Lords’ Interests
registered 2024-10-17 · amended 2025-04-05
Category 3: Land and property
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Legal (but not beneficial) ownership of freehold of house in London Borough of Southwark
registered 2025-09-30
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Property in Suffolk from which rental income is received
registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-04-05
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Property in London SE24 from which rental income is received
registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-04-05
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Lords register). Refreshed weekly.
Read the full
Lords Code of Conduct
for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
1982-10-28 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2007-10-12 → 2010-05-06
Minister of State (Government Equalities Office)
2007-06-28 → 2010-05-06
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
2007-05-09 → 2007-06-28
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
2005-05-10 → 2007-05-08
Minister of State (Department of Constitutional Affairs)
2001-06-11 → 2005-05-10
Solicitor General (Law Officers)
1997-05-01 → 1998-07-27
Secretary of State for Social Security and Minister for Women
Opposition posts
2015-05-08 → 2015-09-12
Leader of HM Official Opposition
2011-10-07 → 2015-03-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
2010-09-25 → 2015-03-30
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2010-05-12 → 2010-09-25
Leader of HM Official Opposition
1996-07-01 → 1997-05-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1995-07-01 → 1996-07-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1994-07-22 → 1995-07-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1992-07-20 → 1994-07-22
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1987-06-01 → 1992-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
1984-06-01 → 1987-06-01
Shadow Minister (Health)
Committee memberships
2007-06-28 → 2010-05-06
Members Estimate Committee
2023-10-18 → 2024-05-30
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2009-10-28 → 2010-05-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2023-06-21 → 2024-01-10
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£16,900/yr
2020-03-04 → 2022-07-21
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2020-03-02 → 2024-05-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2017-11-01 → 2019-11-06
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2015-10-29 → 2017-05-03
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2015-10-28 → 2017-05-03
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2020-05-20 → 2024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2015-10-29 → 2017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2022-06-29 → 2024-05-30
Committee of Privileges
Chair
+£16,422/yr
2022-06-14 → 2024-05-30
Committee of Privileges
2023-02-08 → 2023-02-22
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
2023-03-01 → 2023-03-08
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill
2023-10-18 → 2024-05-30
Committee on Standards
Chair
+£16,900/yr
Contact
Parliamentary office
harmanh@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Website
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APPGs (2026) · 0 active officership(s)
No APPG officerships found for this peer. (Officer matching is by name —
if the parliamentary register lists them under a slightly different
form, the join may miss; check
/appgs directly.)
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
No written questions tabled in 2026.
Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
2 bills
2 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Standards | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2009-06-23 | |
| Equality Act 2010 | Sponsored | Royal Assent | 2009-04-24 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.