Rt Hon Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda and Ogmore
Chris Bryant has been an MP since 2001. Currently: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2009 to 2010 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2009 | |
| Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2008 to 2009 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2013 to 2014 | |
| Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) (Home Office) | 2011 to 2013 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform) (HM Official Opposition) | 2010 to 2011 | |
| Shadow Minister (Europe) (HM Official Opposition) | 2010 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Bill | 2021 | |
| Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill | 2021 | |
| Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Committee of Privileges | 2020 to 2022 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Privileges | 2020 to 2022 | |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Committee on Standards | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2020 to 2023 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| House of Commons Commission | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2007 | |
| House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) | 2002 to 2005 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Chris Bryant has 13 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | All England Lawn Tennis Club - £700.00 | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 May 2026 - £50,000.00 | 28 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £289.04 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Author Royalties - Public Lending Right | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £206.50 | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 25 February 2026 - £10,000.00 | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 06 November 2025 - £220.00 | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 10 September 2025 - £50,000.00 | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Edinburgh International Book Festival - £345.00 | 9 Sep 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - £363.30 | 9 Sep 2025 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings | Author royalties - ALCS | 26 Sep 2024 |
| 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. | 27 Feb 2023 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing and adapting a book - United Agents | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Chris Bryant has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
47 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Chris Bryant represents Rhondda and Ogmore. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Chris Bryant won with 48% of the votes, and Darren James (Reform UK) came second with 26%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bryant | Labour | 17,118 | 47.8% |
| Darren James | Reform UK | 9,328 | 26.1% |
| Owen Cutler | Plaid Cymru | 5,198 | 14.5% |
| Adam Robinson | Conservative | 2,050 | 5.7% |
| Christine Glossop | Green Party | 1,177 | 3.3% |
| Gerald Francis | Liberal Democrat | 935 | 2.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Chris Bryant took part in 97 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris Bryant voted the same way as their party in 97 of the 97 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 6 Jul | Threats to national security from other states: changes from the House of Lords | For | Same as party |
| 1 Jul | Taxes on energy and vehicles: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this