Official portrait of Chris Evans

Chris Evans

Labour (Co-op) MP for Caerphilly, since 6 May 2010

Chris Evans is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Caerphilly, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Scorecard

70.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
407 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
168 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
12 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
8 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
402 Debates spoken in 579 written questions tabled

Ranked 354 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No vote 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No vote 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading against party line No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 against party line No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 against party line No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 against party line Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 against party line Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 against party line Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading Aye 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 against party line Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 against party line No 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 against party line Aye 230–256

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £329.06 Royalties from the book, Don Revie the biogrpahy
Received on: 2 April 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Publisher), 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
(Registered 20 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Role, work or services: Royalties for a book
Payer: David Luxton (Literary Agent), First Floor, Jebsen House, 53-61 High Street, Ruislip, Middlesex, England, HA4 7BD
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below

On the register since 1 Apr 2026

Payment: £2,000 Payment for publication of a book
Received on: 17 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 8 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Payment: £4,100 Further advance for writing a book.
Received on: 17 July 2025. Hours: 100 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC18 3DP
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: David Luxton Associates Ltd, 23 Hillcourt Avenue, London N12 8EY

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Football Association
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London HA9 0WS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality for the FA Cup semi-final Chelsea v Leeds United, value £500
Date received: 26 April 2026
Date accepted: 26 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 1 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Commewealth War Graves Commission
Address of donor: 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Return flights: (£370.49), meals (£206.24), coach (£139.82), hotel (£315.00), value £1,031.55
Destination of visit: Turkey
Dates of visit: 15 September 2025 to 18 September 2025
Purpose of visit: Took part in the annual CWGC tours of war graves in Gallipoli
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Administrative Steward and Director (unpaid) of the British Boxing Board of Control. From time to time I attend contests where I undertake my voluntary duties as Steward.
Date interest arose: 11 April 2018
Date interest ended: 12 November 2025
(Registered 24 April 2018; updated 10 October 2018 and 7 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

402 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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