Carolyn Harris

Carolyn Harris
Official portrait, 2024
Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour
Assumed office
21 April 2018
LeaderCarwyn Jones
Mark Drakeford
Vaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
Preceded byOffice established
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
In office
6 April 2020 – 11 May 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byTanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Succeeded bySharon Hodgson
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
In office
3 July 2017 – 10 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byKate Osamor
Succeeded byGill Furniss
Shadow Minister for Safeguarding and Vulnerability
In office
24 September 2016 – 3 July 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded bySarah Champion
Succeeded byJess Philips
Member of Parliament
for Neath and Swansea East
Swansea East (2015—2024)
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded bySiân James
Majority6,627 (16.5%)
Personal details
Born (1960-09-18) 18 September 1960 (age 64)
Swansea, Wales
Political partyLabour
Alma materSwansea University
WebsiteOfficial website

Carolyn Harris (born 18 September 1960) is a Welsh politician serving as Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour since 2018. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea East since 2015.

Harris served as Shadow Minister for Safeguarding and Vulnerability from 2016 to 2017, and a junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities from 2017 to 2020. She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, from 2020 to 2021.