Chris Bryant
Labour MP for Rhondda and Ogmore
2024 Election Result
Subject Grades
How Chris scored on each issue. Tap any subject for the individual votes.
Civil Liberties
0 kept · 2 broke
Won with 47.8% of the vote, majority of 7,790
Cost of Living
0 kept · 6 broke · 1 missed
NHS & Health
0 kept · 3 broke · 1 missed
High deprivation area — 31.8% child poverty rate
Immigration
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Workers' Rights
0 kept · 1 broke · 2 missed
Won with 47.8% of the vote, majority of 7,790
Welfare & Benefits
1 kept · 4 broke · 4 missed
5,814 children in poverty in this constituency (31.8%)
Follow the Money
What Chris claims, earns, and receives — compared to how they vote on the issues affecting their constituents.
Expense Breakdown
The Broken Promise
Voted to strip £300/year heating help from 10 million pensioners
Voted to keep the two-child benefit cap — 5,814 children live in poverty in their constituency
Voted against welfare scrutiny and blocked protections for disabled benefit claimants
Voted to scrap jury trials — removing an 800-year-old right that protects ordinary citizens
Registered interests do not imply improper influence. All interests are publicly declared under parliamentary rules.
Registered Interests
1. Employment and earnings(7 entries)£80k
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £50,000 Publication Advance Received on: 10 September 2025. Hours: 10 hrs. Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP (Registered 11 September 2025)
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £10,000 Authored works commissioned for development. Work or services: Adaptation of authored works. Received on: 14 March 2025. Hours: Payment for adaptation of existing works. Ultimate payer: Mother Pictures (Television programming and broadcasting activities), Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD (Registered 17 March 2025)
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £10,000 for the rights to make a television series based on my book Received on: 25 February 2026. Hours: no additional hours. Ultimate payer: Mother Pictures Ltd, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD (Registered 25 February 2026)
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £8,000 Payment for the option on making a drama out of my book. Received on: 1 May 2025. Hours: no hours entered. Ultimate payer: Pathé Pictures UK (Film and television production company), 6 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7TY (Registered 2 May 2025)
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £1,000 Work or services: Recording audiobook Received on: 21 August 2025. Hours: 14 hrs. Ultimate payer: Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP (Registered 26 August 2025)
ALCS (Authors Licensing and Collection Society), 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN
Role, work or services: Author royalties Payer: ALCS (Authors Licensing and Collection Society), 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN (Registered 26 September 2024) Payment: £281.08 Received on: 26 March 2025. Hours: No additional hours. (Registered 26 March 2025)
United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Writing and adapting a book Payer: United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE (Updated 8 July 2024) Payment: £220 Received on: 6 November 2025. Hours: 2 hrs Edinburgh International Book Festival Session. Ultimate payer: Edinburgh International Book Festival, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN (Registered 6 November 2025)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources(2 entries)£708
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Name of donor: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Address of donor: 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation for the Edinburgh Book Festival (£345) and dinner (£18.30), value £363.30 Date received: 19 August 2025 to 20 August 2025 Date accepted: 19 August 2025 Donor status: company, registration 01984336 (Registered 9 September 2025)
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Name of donor: Edinburgh International Book Festival Address of donor: 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's accommodation night for the Edinburgh International Book Festival, value £345 Date received: 20 August 2025 Date accepted: 20 August 2025 Donor status: company, registration SC079939 (Registered 9 September 2025)
8. Miscellaneous(1 entry)
Undisclosed
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. Date interest arose: 21 March 2021 (Registered 27 February 2023)
Sources: IPSA 2024-25, Register of Members' Financial Interests (Parliament API)
Every Penny: Chris's Expenses
85 individual claims totalling £279,853.61 since this parliament opened (July 2024). Click any category to see exactly where the money went, down to every receipt. Items marked “LUMP SUM” are bundled by IPSA (mainly travel) — they won't break these down further.
Staffing(12 claims)£239,094.04
Payroll(1)£231,949.64
Training - staff(9)£4,844.40
Pooled staffing services(2)£2,300.00
Office Costs(57 claims)£22,996.92
Rent(1)£10,800.00
Advertising and contact cards(9)£2,513.36
Software & applications(6)£2,246.93
Service charge & ground Rent(2)£1,875.06
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage(14)£1,761.19
Pooled staffing services(1)£1,150.00
Stationery & printing(3)£943.55
Equipment - purchase(3)£906.71
Mobile telephone - contract & usage(11)£832.89
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries(3)£475.00
TV licence(1)£174.50
Cleaning services(2)£11.03
Other(1)£-693.30
MP Travel(7 claims)£6,880.42
Rail(2)£4,037.25
Parking(1)£1,545.81
Mileage - car(2)£1,120.95
Congestion charge & toll(1)£105.00
Railcard(1)£71.41
Accommodation(1 claim)£6,870.00
Service charge & ground Rent(1)£6,870.00
Staff Travel(7 claims)£3,399.83
Hotel - London(1)£1,356.00
Rail(1)£1,234.94
Mileage - car(3)£338.40
Hotel - UK Not London(1)£315.00
Subsistence(1)£155.49
Dependant Travel(1 claim)£612.40
Rail(1)£612.40
Source: IPSA Individual Business Costs 2024-25 — every claim published under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Rhondda and Ogmore: The Real Impact
The people Chris was elected to represent — and how they voted on the issues that affect them most.
Sources: DWP FYE 2024, DESNZ 2023, Census 2021, Election 2024