West Worcestershire / data
Dame Harriett Baldwin · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 06 May 2010 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
5832days
from 06 May 2010
Divisions
363
of 504 possible
Attendance
72%
141 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
663
132 debates
Written Qs
344
344 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£247k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 190 claims
Interests
11
5 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 87 | |
| Economy | 74 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Education | 35 | |
| Crime & Policing | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 21 | |
| Pensions | 20 | |
| Housing | 20 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 67 | 33,780 |
| Technology | 11 | 15,635 |
| Fiscal Policy | 22 | 11,187 |
| Local Government | 18 | 7,750 |
| Labour Market | 14 | 6,670 |
| Defence | 24 | 3,722 |
| Cost Of Living | 16 | 3,225 |
| Crime | 11 | 2,663 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)I should put it on the record that I worked with Ms Braddick when I was Economic Secretary— | 18 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)At this stage you cannot tell us if the redundancies have affected the skill mix or the quality or experience of that important human capital? | 25 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)It has been widely reported that the Bank is going through a round of redundancies. Have you been told how that might affect the people who work for you at the PRA? Just to put it … | 85 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Turning to a couple of the other reforms, I think the PRA has a role to play in the senior managers regime. Where do you see those reforms as having got to? Is that an area where y… | 43 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)I took the legislation through. | 5 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)And so did John. I want to pick up on something you mentioned in your questionnaire. You say that sovereign debt pressures are one of the main risks to UK financial stability. Obvi… | 66 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Would it affect regulated firms mainly through the impact on their mortgage books, or do they hold substantial portions of gilts unhedged themselves? | 23 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Okay. You will not be agitating for change in that area. That is what I am hearing. | 17 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)I can see there is probably a limit to what you can tell us on that. | 16 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)I want to pick up on some issues to do with Mansion House—or is it the Leeds reforms these days?—in terms of progress on all the various different reforms. The first question is on… | 81 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Would you recommend any movement to Government? | 7 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Where do you think things have got to on Solvency II? Is there still more that the PRA might be doing in terms of the changes to insurance capital requirements? | 30 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)Do you see the UK gilt market as being particularly risky at the moment? If you are paying that level of interest rate, debt in this country is obviously going to compound much fas… | 46 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)We have had feedback from industry about how it can be quite slow and bureaucratic. | 15 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1821)By the PRA itself? | 4 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Business and Trade | 199 | 57.8% |
| Treasury | 37 | 10.8% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 17 | 4.9% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 13 | 3.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 11 | 3.2% |
| Department for Education | 11 | 3.2% |
| Cabinet Office | 8 | 2.3% |
| Ministry of Justice | 7 | 2.0% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned upper limit is for (a) overall contributions and (b) annual contributions from the public purse for support for the UK steel industry. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has determined a (a) budget, (b) repayment schedule and (c) end date for its intervention in British Steel. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of tariff revenue from steel imports. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how long he plans to keep a blast furnace at Scunthorpe. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on the number of jobs in UK manufacturing sectors. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of steel tariffs on inflation. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish an Impact Assessment for the UK Steel Strategy. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of British Steel. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress his Department has made in its negotiations with Jingye over British Steel. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs at Scunthorpe are supported by the blast furnace. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether other departmental budget lines are being reduced to fund the UK Steel Strategy. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made provisional allocations for the £2.5 billion assigned to the UK Steel Strategy. | Answered |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long she plans to exempt steel production from the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Non Disclosure Agreements his Department has in place with external business groups. | Answered |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which organisations his Department has Non Disclosure Agreements with. | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 145 | 24,415 | 9.9% |
| Staffing | 2 | 212,045 | 85.7% |
| Accommodation | 30 | 4,503 | 1.8% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 3,796 | 1.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 2,690 | 1.1% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 42 | 0.0% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 68 | 7,470 |
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 2 | 5,263 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 6 | 3,922 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 2,603 |
| Cleaning services | Office Costs | 11 | 1,352 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 17 | 1,298 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 14 | 1,233 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 18 | 1,023 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 14 | 535 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 6 | 518 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Accommodation | 10 | 481 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 3 | 389 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 137 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 48 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 14 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 52 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Website upgrade and server migration | 320 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Gas | 8 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 5 | Paid |
| 09 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 78 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Gas | 530 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 48 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 156 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Cleaning services | Monthly Office Cleaning Invoice [200011804-64] | 113 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 14 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 334 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 26 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 205 | Paid |
| 20 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 27 | Paid |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | Caseworker Software - Annual Invoice [200011804-63] | 61 | Paid |
| 13 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 96 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
1. Employment and earnings2 entries
20 Jan 2026
Payment: £760 The whole payment was donated to a charity in my constituency
Received on: 15 January 2026. Hours: 2 hrs.
Paid directly to: a charity
(Registered 16 January 2026)
20 Jan 2026
Role, work or services: Speaking Engagement
Payer: MHP Group (Public relations and communications activities), 60 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7RT
(Registered 16 January 2026)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2 entries
18 Nov 2025
Name of donor: KKCG UK Advisory Ltd
Address of donor: KKCG, 3 Dering Street, London W1S 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to an opera performance for a family member and me, value £410
Date received: 4 November 2025
Date accepted: 4 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 16075110
(Registered 11 November 2025)
03 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Lloyds Banking Group
Address of donor: Lloyds Bank plc. 25 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7HN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: tickets with hospitality for me and my spouse to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, value £604.85
Date received: 19 May 2025
Date accepted: 19 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 2065
(Registered 20 May 2025)
4. Visits outside the UK1 entry
18 Nov 2025
Name of donor: Tertulias Limited
Address of donor: private
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel and accommodation (my husband joined me on the trip but paid for his own travel), value £575
Destination of visit: Spain (Barcelona)
Dates of visit: 13 November 2025 to 15 November 2025
Purpose of visit: Attendance at the annual Tertulias, alongside other MPs, fostering relationships between our two countries at the highest level. My role was to work together with people from the worlds of business, industry, academia, politics and the public sector in both countries to discuss issues of common interest and common concern.
(Registered 17 November 2025)
5. Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK2 entries
04 Nov 2025
Name of donor: The British School of Brussels
Address of donor: The British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, Tervuren, Belgium
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Annual Trustee meeting of the British School in Brussels. Hospitality included a standard Eurostar return ticket and one night accommodation in order to be able to attend the meeting. Hotel (£214),travel (£172.79), value £386.79
Date received: 16 October 2025 to 17 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: other (School)
(Registered 28 October 2025)
17 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Association of Marshall Scholars
Address of donor: 67 35th Street, Unit B-513 Brooklyn, NY 11232
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with taking part in the US-UK legislative exchange in Cambridge, hospitality and accommodation, value £803
Date received: 9 May 2025 to 11 May 2025
Date accepted: 9 May 2025
Donor status: other (US non-profit endowment)
(Registered 3 June 2025)
8. Miscellaneous4 entries
21 Oct 2025
Trustee of the British School of Brussels, Pater Dupierreuxlaan 1, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium, which my father helped to establish. This is an unpaid position.
Date interest arose: 17 October 2025
(Registered 20 October 2025)
13 Nov 2024
A Member of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)
18 Apr 2024
A Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 28 January 2022
(Registered 11 August 2023)
18 Apr 2024
A Member of the Executive Committee of the British Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 March 2020
(Registered 23 August 2023)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 23 wards, 39 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfrick Leigh Rushwick | Peter Michael Whatley | Malvern Hills Independents | 992 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alfrick Leigh Rushwick | Sarah Jane Rouse | Malvern Hills Independents | 1,030 | 04 May 2023 |
| Baldwin | Pam Cumming | Conservative and Unionist Party | 905 | 04 May 2023 |
| Baldwin | Paul Jonathan Cumming | Conservative and Unionist Party | 902 | 04 May 2023 |
| Barnards Green | David Edward Mead | Liberal Democrats | 755 | 04 May 2023 |
| Barnards Green | Malcolm Victory | Green Party of England and Wales | 772 | 04 May 2023 |
| Barnards Green | Mark John Driscoll | Green Party of England and Wales | 786 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bredon | Adrian Ingleby Hardman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 647 | 04 May 2023 |
| Bredon Hill | Beverley Ann Hardman | Conservative and Unionist Party | 537 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadheath | Daniel Walton | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 511 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadway Sedgeberrow Childswickham | Emma Augusta Sophia Sims | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,072 | 04 May 2023 |
| Broadway Sedgeberrow Childswickham | Emma Jane Kearsey | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,102 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castlemorton Welland Wells | Christine Anne Wild | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 727 | 04 May 2023 |
| Castlemorton Welland Wells | John Gerard Gallagher | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 864 | 04 May 2023 |
| Eckington | Paul Middlebrough | Conservative and Unionist Party | 370 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Malvern | Beverley Nielsen | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 798 | 04 May 2023 |
| Great Malvern | Cynthia Majorie Palmer | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 726 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hallow Holt | Dean Robert Clarke | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 495 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kempsey | David Thomas Harrison | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 917 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kempsey | John Michael | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 665 | 04 May 2023 |
| Lindridge | Douglas Richard Dare Godwin | Conservative and Unionist Party | 479 | 04 May 2023 |
| Link | Fran Victory | Green Party of England and Wales | 563 | 04 May 2023 |
| Link | Kwai Hung Chan | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 589 | 04 May 2023 |
| Link | Neville Mills | Liberal Democrats | 568 | 04 May 2023 |
| Longdon | Jennie Watkins | Conservative and Unionist Party | 461 | 04 May 2023 |
| Martley | Barbara Joyce Jones-Williams | Conservative and Unionist Party | 504 | 04 May 2023 |
| Pershore | Charles Gordon John Tucker | Liberal Democrats | 1,435 | 04 May 2023 |
| Pershore | Dan Boatright-Greene | Liberal Democrats | 1,763 | 04 May 2023 |
| Pershore | Jodi Claire Arnold | Liberal Democrats | 1,466 | 04 May 2023 |
| Pickersleigh | Paul Spencer Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 212 | 04 May 2023 |
| Powick The Hanleys | Kathy Wells | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,283 | 04 May 2023 |
| Powick The Hanleys | Tom Wells | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,461 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tenbury | John Andrew Willmott | Conservative and Unionist Party | 605 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tenbury | Lesley Bruton | Malvern Hills Independents | 684 | 04 May 2023 |
| Upper Howsell | Jules Wood | Green Party of England and Wales | 335 | 04 May 2023 |
| Upton Ripple | Jeremy Donald Owenson | Conservative and Unionist Party | 608 | 04 May 2023 |
| Upton Ripple | Martin Allen | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,172 | 04 May 2023 |
| West | John Raine | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,122 | 04 May 2023 |
| West | Natalie McVey | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,152 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 95,706 | Electorate 79,246 (2024) |
| Median age | 51 | years |
| Degree-educated | 38.4% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.8% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 72.2% | households |
| Private-rented | 13.3% | households |
| Social-rented | 14.4% | households |
| Employment rate | 53.3% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.