Chris Bryant

Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

MP since 7 Jun 2001

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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 Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade).

1565

Votes Cast

£277,046

Expenses 2024-25

7,790

Majority

47.8%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£277,046

Staffing£238,344
Office£21,179
Travel£10,893
Accommodation£6,630

Year-on-Year

2024-25£277,046
2023-24£283,821
2022-23£259,982
2021-22£204,431
2020-21£197,847
2019-20£166,884
2018-19£168,805
2017-18£161,796
2016-17£169,977
2015-16£160,424
2014-15£152,106
2013-14£155,200
2012-13£153,038
2011-12£135,082
2010-11£33,434

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 35,806 voters

Labour
17,118 votes47.8%
Reform UK
9,328 votes26.1%
Plaid Cymru
5,198 votes14.5%
Conservative
2,050 votes5.7%
Green Party
1,177 votes3.3%
Liberal Democrat
935 votes2.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

0

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

128

Debates Spoken In

888

Speeches

296

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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9 AYE

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

9 votes · 13 Nov 2025

2 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 12 Nov 2025

1 AYE5 NO

Sentencing Bill Committee

6 votes · 21 Oct 2025

Financial Interests(5)

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

One night's accommodation for the Edinburgh Book Festival (£345) and dinner (£18.30)

19 August 2025 to 20 August 2025

£345
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

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Edinburgh International Book Festival

One night's accommodation night for the Edinburgh International Book Festival

20 August 2025

£345
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

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

Role, work or services
Writing and adapting a book
Payer
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE

Employment and earnings

Employment and earnings

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

Registered 26 September 2024

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
21 March 2021

Registered 27 February 2023

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Chris in Parliament

MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY

10 signatures

That this House notes that 25th October marks the fourth anniversary of the incarceration of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, the former Chief Executive of Yukos; expresses concern over the legal inconsistencies of his trial and over the new charges against him that will ensure h

23 Oct 2007

BILINGUAL RAIL ANNOUNCEMENTS

10 signatures

That this House notes that the announcements at all railway stations in Wales are made in Welsh first and then in English; wholly supports the policy of bilingual announcements; but believes that it would be far more sensible and far more convenient for passengers, whether regula

16 Jul 2007

PROPOSED SALE OF WORKS OF ART

22 signatures

That this House notes that the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Halifax and Viscount Hampden are considering selling seven paintings that have been on loan to the National Gallery, including Poussin's Sacraments, Rubens' Apotheosis of King James I and Titian's Portrait of a Young Man

3 Jul 2007

MEETINGS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT IN STRASBOURG

58 signatures

That this House notes that the European Parliament, which is normally based in Brussels, holds 12 sessions per year in Strasbourg; believes that these monthly removals to Strasbourg are increasingly inconvenient, costly, wasteful, unnecessary and indefensible; thanks the people o

13 Jun 2007

CASE OF ALEXANDER LITVINENKO

61 signatures

That this House notes that Sir Ken Macdonald, Director of Public Prosecutions, has announced his intention to charge Mr Andrei Lugovoi with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko by deliberate poisoning and that the Government is now seeking his extradition to the UK; further notes t

22 May 2007

RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA

3 signatures

after `problems;' insert `notes with alarm the appalling catalogue of human rights abuses across the Russian Federation, the murder of prominent critical journalists and the complete lack of public trust in the police and criminal justice system in Russia;'.

10 May 2007

HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM (No. 2)

2 signatures

That this House notes that 375 hon. and right hon. Members voted against a wholly appointed second chamber, with a majority of 179; and believes it would be inappropriate for any further peers to be appointed whilst the Government prepares legislation to enact the declared prefer

8 Mar 2007

PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF ROYAL WARRANTS

54 signatures

That this House notes that 800 companies hold Royal Warrants of Appointment from Her Majesty the Queen, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh or HRH the Prince of Wales; further notes that Royal Warrants are granted and can be removed on the advice of the Lord Chamberlain and the Royal House

9 Jan 2007

ARMED FORCES IN SCHOOLS

28 signatures

That this House condemns the intemperate and inaccurate remarks of the Plaid Cymru Welsh Assembly Member Leanne Wood, who has called for British Army recruitment activities to be banned from Welsh schools; notes that the Army only visits schools at the express invitation of the s

5 Dec 2006

MURDER OF PIERRE GEMAYEL IN BEIRUT

42 signatures

That this House condemns the murder of the leading anti-Syrian Lebanese minister and Maronite Christian leader, Pierre Gemayel; notes that, following the murder of the country's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, this is not the first murder of a prominent supporter of a free de

21 Nov 2006

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