Rt Hon Stephen Kinnock, MP for Aberafan Maesteg
Stephen Kinnock has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Secretary of State for Wales.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Wales (Wales Office) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) (Home Office) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 2025 | |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | 2022 | |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Subsidy Control Bill | 2021 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2020 to 2021 | |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | 2020 to 2024 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2018 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| European Scrutiny Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
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.
Stephen Kinnock has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 15 August 2026 and 23 August 2026 | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK | Solix ApS - £2,877.60 | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Bryn and Cwmavon Events, a charity set up to develop the needs of the community, supported by the local authority and partners to create a stronger, independent community. | 4 Oct 2023 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Neath Port Talbot | 27 Jan 2017 |
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.
Stephen Kinnock 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.
54 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
Stephen Kinnock represents Aberafan Maesteg. 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
Stephen Kinnock won with 50% of the votes, and Mark Griffiths (Reform UK) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kinnock | Labour | 17,838 | 49.9% |
| Mark Griffiths | Reform UK | 7,484 | 20.9% |
| Colin Deere | Plaid Cymru | 4,719 | 13.2% |
| Abigail Mainon | Conservative | 2,903 | 8.1% |
| Nigel Hill | Green Party | 1,094 | 3.1% |
| Justin Griffiths | Liberal Democrat | 916 | 2.6% |
| Captain Beany | Independent | 618 | 1.7% |
| Rhiannon Morrissey | Heritage Party | 183 | 0.5% |
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 Stephen Kinnock took part in 196 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Stephen Kinnock voted the same way as their party in 194 of the 194 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 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 |
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