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Chris Bryant

Labour MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, since 7 June 2001

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Chris Bryant is the Labour MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

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Scorecard

50.8% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
292 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
283 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
13 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
2551 Debates spoken in 663 written questions tabled

Ranked 580 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
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No vote 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading No vote 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No vote 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part No vote 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No vote 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No vote 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading Aye 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 Aye 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 Aye 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 Aye 318–170

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

£50,000

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)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Role, work or services: Author Royalties
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
(Registered 14 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Payment: £289.04
Received on: 25 March 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 14 April 2026)

On the register since 29 Apr 2026

Payment: £206.50
Received on: 25 March 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 13 April 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 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)

On the register since 31 Mar 2026

£10,000

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)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

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)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book
Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
(Updated 8 July 2024)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

£50,000

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)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

Payment: £1,000
Work or services: Recording audiobook
Received on: 21 August 2025. Hours: 14 hrs.
Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
(Registered 26 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

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)

On the register since 17 Sep 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)

On the register since 17 Sep 2025

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

2551 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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