About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Chris Evans) represents you, and all of the people who live in Caerphilly, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Caerphilly

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

Also represented Islwyn

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @VoteChrisEvans
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Chris Evans campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Defence
• Work and Pensions
• Cabinet Office
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Procurement
• Electronic Government
• Jobcentre Plus
• Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
• Type 32 Frigates

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (28 Oct 2024 to 6 Jan 2025)
• Member, Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Tech and Digital Economy) (28 Nov 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 5 Sep 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Procurement Bill [HL] Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 21 Feb 2023)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (14 May 2021 to 5 Sep 2023)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (20 May 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Petitions Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 13 Jul 2021)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 21 Sep 2020)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (10 Dec 2012 to 18 Mar 2014)
• Member, Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2011 to 12 Oct 2011)
• Member, Justice Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 10 Dec 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Wayne David
• Ron Davies
• Ednyfed Davies
• Alfred Evans
• Ness Edwards
• Morgan Jones
• Alfred Onions

Future MPs in this constituency

• Wayne David

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Procurement Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Mutuals' Deferred Shares Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Taxation of Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Childcare Payments Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (14 out of 16)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Water Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Presumption of Death Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• Financial Services Bill Committee (18 out of 18)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Pensions Bill Committee (6 out of 8)

Recent appearances

• Football Governance Bill [Lords] 28 Apr 2025

  Thank you for calling me early, Madam Deputy Speaker—I ran the London marathon yesterday and do not think I could bob up and down all evening. I respect the right hon. Member for Daventry (Stuart Andrew) and count him as a friend, but his speech was hysterical at points. He claimed again that UEFA will ban English teams from competition as a result of perceived Government interference—he...

• Football Governance Bill [Lords] 28 Apr 2025

  Yes, the premier league has a responsibility to share its wealth. It is interesting that this is the second year running that the promoted clubs have gone straight back down, and the gap between West Ham and Ipswich is huge. There is no way that they were going to breach that with four games left in the season. There are issues we have to look at on that. Turning to the Bill, even though I...

• Football Governance Bill [Lords] 28 Apr 2025

  Of course, Peter Ridsdale’s name is blackened in Leeds. It is also blackened in Arsenal, Barnsley and wherever he has been. Leeds is an important point. We talk about the glory days of Don Revie. We forget about the early 2000s, when we were overspending on certain players. There were massive wages where players had been sold and wages were still being paid. It was ultimately trying to...

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