Official portrait of Aphra Brandreth

Aphra Brandreth

Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, since 4 July 2024

Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Aphra Brandreth is the Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. She currently undertakes the roles of Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), and Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons).

Scorecard

64.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
383 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
207 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
15 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
12 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
128 Debates spoken in 160 written questions tabled

Ranked 451 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 No vote 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 No vote 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 No vote 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Mr Philip Rimmer
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,060.12
Donor status: individual
(Registered 3 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Centre for Turkey Studies and Ankara Institute (CEFTUS)
Address of donor: Flat 80, County Hall North Block, 5 Chicheley Street, London SE1 7PN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket to attend the British Kebab Awards with a local business, value £540
Date received: 24 February 2026
Date accepted: 24 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 07512777
(Registered 10 March 2026)

On the register since 8 Apr 2026

Name of donor: The Conservative and Unionist Party
Address of donor: Conservative Campaign Headquarters, 4 Matthew Parker Street, London SW1H 9HQ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to the Conservative Party's Winter Party, value £500
Date received: 12 February 2026
Date accepted: 12 February 2026
Donor status: registered party
(Registered 24 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Name of donor: RTC Education Ltd
Address of donor: Carmine Court, 202 Imperial Drive, Harrow, Middlesex, England, HA2 7HG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to the 100th Birthday Celebration Event to mark Margaret Thatcher's 100th Birthday at Guildhall, London, value £833.33
Date received: 13 October 2025
Date accepted: 13 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04422774
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Name of donor: RTC Education Ltd
Address of donor: Carmine Court, 202 Imperial Drive, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7HG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Dinner at the Carlton Club, value £80
Date received: 15 July 2025
Date accepted: 15 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 04422774
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (House)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Ferring, West Sussex
Ownership details: Co-owned with my husband
Rental income: until 4 April 2025
Additional information: This property will resume as a rental property when building work has been completed. The interest will be updated accordingly at that time.
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 10 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Type of land/property: Commercial property (Ground floor Commercial property)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Ownership details: Property is owned by the company of which both my husband and I are the joint company owners and directors.
Rental income: Yes
Rental income details: The rental income is paid to the company of which both my husband and I are the joint owners and directors.
(Registered 31 July 2024; updated 20 September 2024)

On the register since 2 Oct 2024

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Saibick Investments Ltd
Nature of business: Investment company
Held jointly with or on behalf of: Jointly with my husband, two sons and daughter.
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Name of company or organisation: Saibick Limited
Nature of business: Commercial property letting company
Held jointly with or on behalf of: Husband is also a shareholder of the company
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Name of company or organisation: Smart Vet Ltd (Trading as Pet People)
Nature of business: Veterinary business
Held jointly with or on behalf of: My husband is also a shareholder
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Deputy Chair of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council.
(Registered 20 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Company director, Smart Vet Ltd.
(Registered 31 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

128 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.

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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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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