Chris Evans, MP for Caerphilly
Chris Evans has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Tech and Digital Economy) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2021 to 2023 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2020 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Accounts Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2012 to 2014 | |
| Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) | 2011 | |
| Justice Committee | 2010 to 2012 |
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 Evans has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | The Football Association - £500.00 | 1 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 02 April 2026 - £329.06 | 20 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 17 October 2025 - £2,000.00 | 8 Nov 2025 |
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Turkey between 15 September 2025 and 18 September 2025 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Administrative Steward and Director (unpaid) of the British Boxing Board of Control. From time to time I attend contests where I undertake my voluntary duties as Steward. | 24 Apr 2018 |
| Employment and earnings | Royalties for a book - David Luxton | – |
| Employment and earnings | Writing a book - David Luxton Associates Ltd | – |
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 Evans asked 98 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
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.
27 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 Evans represents Caerphilly. 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 Evans won with 38% of the votes, and Lindsay Whittle (Plaid Cymru) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Evans | Labour | 14,538 | 38.0% |
| Lindsay Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 8,119 | 21.2% |
| Joshua Kim | Reform UK | 7,754 | 20.3% |
| Brandon Gorman | Conservative | 4,385 | 11.5% |
| Steve Aicheler | Liberal Democrat | 1,788 | 4.7% |
| Mark Thomas | Green Party | 1,650 | 4.3% |
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 Evans took part in 184 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris Evans voted the same way as their party in 182 of the 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | 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 |
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% |
| 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