UK Parliament · member 4572
Chris Elmore MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Bridgend
- Member for this seat since
- 5 May 2016
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Chris Elmore, 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.
Miscellaneous
- A Trustee and Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. (registered 7 August 2023)
- Minor interest in a house in Caerphilly County Borough area owned by two members of my family. (registered 6 June 2016)
- Unpaid member of the Barry YMCA Board of Management. (registered 6 June 2016)
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 426 recorded divisions where Chris Elmore and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Chris Elmore voted the same way as most voting Labour members 426 times (100.0%).
This compares Chris Elmore 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
£2,500 across 1 reported donations from 1 distinct donor name, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Burns | Individual | 1 | £2,500 | 2023-08-15 |
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: £8,131 across 42 claim lines; 2024-25: £343,205 across 201 claim lines; 2023-24: £323,113 across 294 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 37 | £6,323 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 1 | £1,556 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 4 | £253 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £249,427 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 178 | £34,462 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 4 | £32,242 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 12 | £17,671 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £8,774 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 2 | £400 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £227 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 45 | £237,668 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 5 | £31,617 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 228 | £31,124 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 10 | £14,087 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 5 | £8,392 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £224 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 December 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 25 December 2024 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 25 December 2023 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 25 December 2022 | Office Costs · Software & applications | CANVA [***] | £100 | Paid |
| 15 October 2024 | Office Costs · Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | BUSINESS WASTE LTD | £99 | Paid |
| 22 March 2021 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £981 | Paid |
| 22 August 2016 | Office Costs · Const Office Gas | Gas - Constituency Office — Gas for constituency office | £98 | Paid |
| 6 October 2020 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Fire Extinguisher Safety Check for Constituency Office | £98 | Paid |
| 14 January 2019 | Office Costs · Install/Maint Office Equip. | Fire Extinguisher Service — Service for fire extinguisher | £98 | Paid |
| 15 December 2025 | Office Costs · Insurance - contents | Annual Photocopier insurance 2026 | £98 | Paid |
| 4 December 2024 | Office Costs · Insurance - contents | Annual Photocopier insurance 2025 | £98 | Paid |
| 4 December 2023 | Office Costs · Insurance - contents | Annual Photocopier insurance 2024 | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2022 | MP Travel · Congestion charge & toll | Aggregated figure for travel during 2021-22 | £970 | Paid |
| 22 December 2021 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — EDF ENERGY-SME | £97 | Paid |
| 28 June 2022 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — XMA LTD | £968 | 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.
Government posts, as Parliament records them
2 government posts since 2010 in Parliament’s record for this member, with the dates and the department it gives. A post is an appointment; nothing here says how it was discharged.
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 7 September 2025 | still held |
| Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons) | HM Household | 10 July 2024 | 6 September 2025 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence), the member’s own biography record. Posts before May 2010 are not loaded.
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.