Chris Bryant
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore
- Region
- Wales
- Member since
- 7 June 2001
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 50%
- Debates contributed to
- 87
- Registered interests
- 13
- Declared value
- £204,813
Record last updated 19 Sep 2026
Chris Bryant is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, first elected in June 2001, and is in the longest serving 5% of MPs and the longest serving 5% of Labour (Co-op) MPs. He holds the government post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Bryant cast 296 votes out of 588 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 50%, placing him in the bottom 25% of MPs by voting participation and the bottom 10% of Labour (Co-op) MPs by votes cast; low voting participation is conventional for ministers. He made 686 contributions across 87 debates out of 11,703 eligible debates, placing him in the bottom 25% of MPs by debate participation, with his top debate topics being Trade & Industry, Foreign Affairs & Defence, and Small Business, while his top voting topics were Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice
Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
296 / 588
50.34%
Ranked #579 of 654 MPs (12th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
87 / 11739
686 total contributions
Ranked #520 of 654 MPs (21th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
13
£204,812.84
Ranked #20 of 654 MPs (97th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Chris Bryant is the Labour MP for Rhondda and Ogmore, and has been an MP continually since 7 June 2001. He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Constituencies
- Rhondda and Ogmore Jul 2024 – present
- Rhondda Jun 2001 – May 2024 · 6 terms
Posts held
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Jul 2026 – present
- Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
- Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) Jul 2024 – Sep 2025
- Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Jul 2024 – Sep 2025
- Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) Sep 2023 – May 2024 · Opposition
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Sep 2015 – Jun 2016 · Opposition
- Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport May 2015 – Sep 2015 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) Dec 2014 – May 2015 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) Oct 2013 – Dec 2014 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) Oct 2011 – Oct 2013 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform) Oct 2010 – Oct 2011 · Opposition
- Shadow Minister (Europe) May 2010 – Oct 2010 · Opposition
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe) Oct 2009 – May 2010
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Jun 2009 – Oct 2009
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Oct 2008 – Jun 2009
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Unknown – present