UK Parliament · member 1446
Rt Hon Chris Bryant MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Member for this seat since
- 7 June 2001
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Chris Bryant, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Author Royalties - Public Lending Right (registered 14 April 2026)
- Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £289.04 (registered 14 April 2026)
- Author royalties - ALCS (registered 26 September 2024)
- Payment received on 25 March 2026 - £206.50 — £207 (registered 13 April 2026)
- Writing and adapting a book - United Agents
- Payment received on 28 May 2026 - £50,000.00 (registered 28 May 2026)
- Payment received on 25 February 2026 - £10,000.00 (registered 25 February 2026)
- Payment received on 06 November 2025 - £220.00 (registered 6 November 2025)
- Payment received on 10 September 2025 - £50,000.00 (registered 11 September 2025)
- Payment received on 21 August 2025 - £1,000.00 (registered 26 August 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- All England Lawn Tennis Club - £700.00 (registered 14 July 2026)
- Edinburgh International Book Festival - £345.00 (registered 9 September 2025)
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - £363.30 (registered 9 September 2025)
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. (registered 27 February 2023)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 292 recorded divisions where Chris Bryant and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Chris Bryant voted the same way as most voting Labour members 292 times (100.0%).
This compares Chris Bryant with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£38,016 across 4 reported donations from 4 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC | Individual | 1 | £15,600 | 2022-07-18 |
| Tom Kickman QC | Individual | 1 | £9,000 | 2022-07-18 |
| Bindmans LLP | Limited Liability Partnership | 1 | £7,416 | 2022-07-18 |
| Celia Rooney | Individual | 1 | £6,000 | 2022-07-18 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £19,223 across 45 claim lines; 2024-25: £277,121 across 88 claim lines; 2023-24: £285,526 across 144 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 40 | £10,403 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 1 | £6,870 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 4 | £1,950 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 10 | £238,344 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 62 | £21,255 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 7 | £6,880 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 1 | £6,630 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 7 | £3,400 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £612 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 2 | £229,252 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 115 | £30,776 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 14 | £11,693 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 10 | £7,012 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 2 | £6,329 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £464 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | Canva Subscription | £100 | Paid |
| 9 July 2024 | Office Costs · Software & applications | Canva annual subscription | £100 | Paid |
| 10 May 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | CANON EUROPA NV | £100 | Paid |
| 9 July 2010 | Office Costs · Const Office Water | [***] bills | £100 | Paid |
| 29 May 2015 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Office Costs May 2015 — Charge for Office Electricity | £100 | Paid |
| 12 January 2013 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | phone — mobile | £99 | Paid |
| 5 October 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Gas | Claim Oct 2012 — Constituency Office Gas | £98 | Paid |
| 8 September 2015 | Office Costs · Other Equip Purchase | Expenses Card Sept 2015 — Amazon UK Marketplace Miscellaneous and Specialty Retail Stores | £97 | Paid |
| 4 August 2016 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | august phone — mobile phone | £97 | Paid |
| 14 April 2020 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner March 2020 | £96 | Paid |
| 9 March 2026 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | Programme surgery advertising | £96 | Paid |
| 27 February 2014 | Office Costs · Tel/Mobile Purchase | BT Diverse 7460 Plus [***] | £96 | Paid |
| 18 May 2015 | Accommodation · Council Tax | Payment Card May 2015 — WCC COUNCIL TAX Government Services-Not Elsewhere Classified | £96 | Paid |
| 27 November 2012 | Office Costs · Const Office Tel. Usage/Rental | Orange Phone Nov 2012 — Orange phone bill | £95 | Paid |
| 31 March 2012 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2011-12 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2011-12 | £9,475 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
33 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.