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The Rt Hon. the Baroness Harman KC

Labour Member of the House of Lords F
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

Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.

Lords votes · 2026

162 divisions 1 Content(0.6%) 54 Not-Content(33.3%) 107 didn't vote(66.0%)
2026-04-28
Not-Content
91181 Not-Content
2026-04-27
Not-Content
197129 Content
2026-04-27
Not-Content
199144 Content
2026-04-27
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58138 Not-Content
2026-04-27
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210145 Content
2026-04-27
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217145 Content
2026-04-23
Not-Content
207141 Content
2026-04-23
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209145 Content
2026-04-22
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234152 Content
2026-04-16
Not-Content
225144 Content
2026-04-16
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216141 Content
2026-04-15
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270200 Content
2026-04-15
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209260 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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214156 Content
2026-04-13
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65173 Not-Content
2026-04-13
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178231 Not-Content
2026-03-26
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171146 Content
2026-03-26
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115197 Not-Content
2026-03-26
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64140 Not-Content
2026-03-23
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188155 Content
2026-03-23
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198159 Content
2026-03-23
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241175 Content
2026-03-19
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217107 Content
2026-03-18
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68163 Not-Content
2026-03-18
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70166 Not-Content
2026-03-18
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18058 Content
2026-03-18
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119191 Not-Content
2026-03-18
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148185 Not-Content
2026-03-18
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203148 Content
2026-03-18
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220191 Content
2026-03-18
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231188 Content
2026-03-18
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225189 Content
2026-03-04
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41181 Not-Content
2026-03-02
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192155 Content
2026-03-02
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202155 Content
2026-02-25
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43131 Not-Content
2026-02-25
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172148 Content
2026-02-10
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186251 Not-Content
2026-02-10
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188258 Not-Content
2026-02-03
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295180 Content
2026-01-28
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255183 Content
2026-01-28
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67191 Not-Content
2026-01-14
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59127 Not-Content
2026-01-14
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213211 Content
2026-01-14
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278176 Content
2026-01-06
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134185 Not-Content
2026-01-06
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204136 Content
2026-01-06
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180219 Not-Content
2026-01-06
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182209 Not-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 · 15 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.

  • Participant in The Garden television production (commissioned by Sky), 15-18 June 2026
    registered 2026-06-12
  • Speaking engagement, 5 May 2026, Schofield and Associates, London
    registered 2026-05-08
  • Speaking engagement, 11 November 2025, Google, Oxfordshire
    registered 2025-11-12
  • Speaking engagement, 18 June 2025, Twenty Essex Court Barristers Chambers, London
    registered 2025-06-20
  • Speaking engagement, 14 June 2025, Builders Merchants Federation conference, Barcelona
    registered 2025-06-18
  • Guest co-host, Top Flight women's executive leadership programme 2026 provided by The Pipeline
    registered 2025-01-30 · amended 2026-02-23
  • Regular appearances on LBC radio
    registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Regular appearances on Times Radio
    registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Regular appearances on Jeremy Vine show (Channel 5)
    registered 2024-11-20 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Participant, Electoral Dysfunction podcast on Sky News
    registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • Chair, Independent review of bullying and harassment at the Bar (interest ceased 8 September 2025)
    registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-10-27

Category 2: Shareholdings etc. (a)

  • 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

  • Legal (but not beneficial) ownership of freehold of house in London Borough of Southwark
    registered 2025-09-30
  • Property in Suffolk from which rental income is received
    registered 2024-09-11 · amended 2025-04-05
  • 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

1982-10-28present
Labour current

Government posts

2007-10-122010-05-06
Minister of State (Government Equalities Office)
2007-06-282010-05-06
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
2007-05-092007-06-28
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
2005-05-102007-05-08
Minister of State (Department of Constitutional Affairs)
2001-06-112005-05-10
Solicitor General (Law Officers)
1997-05-011998-07-27
Secretary of State for Social Security and Minister for Women

Opposition posts

2015-05-082015-09-12
Leader of HM Official Opposition
2011-10-072015-03-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (also Shadow Deputy Prime Minister)
2010-10-082011-10-07
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development
2010-09-252015-03-30
Shadow Deputy Prime Minister and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2010-05-122010-09-25
Leader of HM Official Opposition
1996-07-011997-05-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1995-07-011996-07-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Health
1994-07-221995-07-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
1992-07-201994-07-22
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
1987-06-011992-06-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
1984-06-011987-06-01
Shadow Minister (Health)

Committee memberships

2007-06-282010-05-06
Members Estimate Committee
2023-10-182024-05-30
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2009-10-282010-05-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2023-06-212024-01-10
Human Rights (Joint Committee) Chair +£16,900/yr
2020-03-042022-07-21
Human Rights (Joint Committee) Chair +£15,928/yr
2020-03-022024-05-30
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2017-11-012019-11-06
Human Rights (Joint Committee) Chair +£15,235/yr
2017-10-302019-11-06
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2015-10-292017-05-03
Human Rights (Joint Committee) Chair +£15,025/yr
2015-10-282017-05-03
Human Rights (Joint Committee)
2020-05-202024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-062019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2015-10-292017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-02-132019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2022-06-292024-05-30
Committee of Privileges Chair +£16,422/yr
2022-06-142024-05-30
Committee of Privileges
2023-02-082023-02-22
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill
2023-03-012023-03-08
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill
2023-10-182024-05-30
Committee on Standards Chair +£16,900/yr

Contact

Parliamentary office
harmanh@parliament.uk
020 7219 5353 · House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

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.
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