Official portrait of Chris Bryant

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.

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
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B Aye 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B Aye 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 Aye 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment Aye 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit No 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading No vote 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No vote 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 No vote 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 No vote 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading No vote 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 No vote 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 No vote 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No vote 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No vote 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No vote 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No vote 1–73

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

The same register on parliament.uk →

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.

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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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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