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Chris Bryant

Labour Rhondda and Ogmore

Voting record

3
Voted for
0
Voted against
6
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Chris Bryant’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 71%

How often Chris Bryant voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Chris Bryant currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland Office — since 2026-07-20 Government
Previously held
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) — Department for Business and Trade (2025-09-06 to 2026-07-20) Government
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2024-07-08 to 2025-09-06) Government
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (2024-07-08 to 2025-09-06) Government
Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (2023-09-06 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2015-09-14 to 2016-06-26) Shadow
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2015-05-08 to 2015-09-14) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2014-12-03 to 2015-05-08) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) — Department for Work and Pensions (2013-10-07 to 2014-12-03) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) — Home Office (2011-10-07 to 2013-10-07) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform) — HM Official Opposition (2010-10-08 to 2011-10-07) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Europe) — HM Official Opposition (2010-05-12 to 2010-10-08) Shadow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009-10-13 to 2010-05-06) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) — Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009-06-09 to 2009-10-13) Government
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons — Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (2008-10-05 to 2009-06-05) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Chris Bryant →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book
Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
(Updated 8 July 2024)
Payment: £50,000 Publication Advance
Received on: 10 September 2025. Hours: 10 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
(Registered 11 September 2025)
Payment: £220
Received on: 6 November 2025. Hours: 2 hrs Edinburgh International Book Festival Session.
Ultimate payer: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
(Registered 6 November 2025)
Payment: £10,000 for the rights to make a television series based on my book
Received on: 25 February 2026. Hours: no additional hours.
Ultimate payer: Mother Pictures Ltd, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD
(Registered 25 February 2026)
Payment: £50,000 Further advance on the paperback publication of a book
Received on: 28 May 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
(Registered 28 May 2026)

Role, work or services: Author royalties
Payer: ALCS (Authors Licensing and Collection Society), 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
(Registered 26 September 2024)
Payment: £206.50
Received on: 25 March 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 13 April 2026)

Role, work or services: Author Royalties
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
(Registered 14 April 2026)
Payment: £289.04
Received on: 25 March 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 14 April 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Edinburgh International Book Festival
Address of donor: 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation night for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, value £345
Date received: 20 August 2025
Date accepted: 20 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration SC079939
(Registered 9 September 2025)

Name of donor: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Address of donor: 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation for the Edinburgh Book Festival (£345) and dinner (£18.30), value £363.30
Date received: 19 August 2025 to 20 August 2025
Date accepted: 19 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01984336
(Registered 9 September 2025)

Name of donor: All England Lawn Tennis Club
Address of donor: Church Road, Wimbledon SW19 5AE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets to attend the Championships at Wimbledon including hospitality. The amount is estimated, value £700
Date received: 2 July 2026
Date accepted: 2 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01429062
(Registered 14 July 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

A trustee of the Mabon Trust, which offers small grants to community projects, organisations, individuals and charities in the Rhondda. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 21 March 2021
(Registered 27 February 2023)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Chris Bryant yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Chris Bryant has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£296,652.07 paid out to or for Chris Bryant across 135 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Chris Bryant’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £240,294.04 (14 claims)
Office Costs — £31,965.38 (104 claims)
Accommodation — £13,500.00 (2 claims)
MP Travel — £6,880.42 (7 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,399.83 (7 claims)
Dependant Travel — £612.40 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £217.75, 2026-03-23 — Landline
Training - staff — £300.00, 2026-03-09 — Mentoring
Advertising and contact cards — £96.00, 2026-03-09 — Programme surgery advertising
Software & applications — £90.00, 2026-03-05 — OPENAI CHATGPT SUBSCR [200013613-10115]
Insurance - contents — £699.17, 2026-02-16 — Insurance for 9 Compton Road
Software & applications — £90.00, 2026-02-05 — OPENAI CHATGPT SUBSCR
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £218.04, 2026-01-23 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £228.80, 2026-01-15 — Banner February 2026

Every claim on file for Chris Bryant →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Chris Bryant — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Chris Bryant’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Chris Bryant isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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