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Chris Bryant
Labour MP for Rhondda
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Chris Bryant voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Prime Minister
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Parliamentary Private Secretaries: Visits Abroad, UK Border Force, Leveson Inquiry, UK Border Agency, Immigration
(based on written questions asked by Chris Bryant and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (12 out of 13)
- Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (10 out of 12)
- Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Criminal Defence Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Consumer Credit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 21)
- Civil Partnership Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Communications Bill Committee (19 out of 25)
- Sexual Offences Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Office of Communications Bill Committee (4 out of 8)
- Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Business of the House (16 May 2013)
“Benjamin Disraeli said: “A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.” I do not know that I would go quite that far, but one element of the way in which we do our business here that is an organised hypocrisy is the private Member’s Bill process. We waste vast quantities of time, and we pretend that we are advancing a legislative process, but we are not. I have been...”
- Business of the House (16 May 2013)
“None of them were private Members’ Bills. They were Government handouts.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Youth Unemployment (14 May 2013)
“Fiscal policy is not the only thing providing a difficulty for young people. Welfare policies mean that they have to stay at home and cannot move to places where there might be jobs. The policy on youth services, which are being dramatically cut throughout the country, means that young people are not getting the skills that might make it possible for them to get into work. Is not the truth of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 117 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 136 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 64 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1330 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £23,367 (125th) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £17,009 (353rd) | £15,193 (461st) | £17,507 (497th) | £17,022 | £18,511 (311th) | £18,710 (joint 339th with 1 other) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £35,384 (13th) |
| Staffing costs | £94,299 (352nd) | £88,356 (297th) | £86,284 (239th) | £84,037 | £73,319 (214th) | £71,003 (167th) | £67,975 (147th) | £41,551 (480th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,759 (374th) | £8,880 (287th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,446 (152nd)1 | £10,378 (209th)2 | £9,486 (245th)3 | £10,799 | £14,963 (141st) | £14,957 (150th) | £12,589 (220th) | £9,243 (joint 258th with 1 other) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,512 (joint 40th with 1 other) | £1,850 (29th) | £2,281 (31st) | £1,420 | £1,673 (103rd) | £2,047 (52nd) | £1,135 (143rd) | £543 (230th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,443 (220th) | £467 (509th) | £823 (355th) | £1,360 | £1,116 (252nd) | £997 (252nd) | £1,125 (joint 278th with 1 other) | £2,664 (31st) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £990 (joint 565th with 2 others) | £1,273 (544th) | £6,885 | £2,166 (378th) | £2,150 (383rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,204 (joint 318th with 1 other) | £1,099 (joint 242nd with 5 others) | £1,099 | £1,907 (joint 286th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 282nd with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 279th with 5 others) | £1,907 (joint 262nd with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £159,835 (198th) | £150,401 (260th) | £140,863 (264th) | £144,256 | £134,557 (117th) | £132,104 (90th) | £122,687 (108th) | £109,301 (21st) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £2,980 (275th). Rail £8,373 (70th). Other: Rail £93 (105th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,082 (290th). Rail £5,242 (176th). Misc £1 (263rd). Other: Rail £102 (114th). European £1,951 (15th).