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Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant MP

Labour · Rhondda and Ogmore · CF41 7NY

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyRhondda and Ogmore
First elected7 June 2001
ResultLab Hold
GenderM
Emailchris.bryant.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 8315
Websitehttp://www.chrisbryant.org.uk/

Election results

Results for Rhondda and Ogmore at the most recent general election.

Chris Bryant
Labour 17118 47.8%
Darren James
Reform UK 9328 26.1%
Owen Cutler
Plaid Cymru 5198 14.5%
Adam Robinson
Conservative 2050 5.7%
Christine Glossop
Green Party 1177 3.3%
Gerald Francis
Liberal Democrat 935 2.6%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) 6 September 2025 Present
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) 8 July 2024 6 September 2025
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) 8 July 2024 6 September 2025
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe) 13 October 2009 6 May 2010
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 9 June 2009 13 October 2009
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons 5 October 2008 5 June 2009

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital) 6 September 2023 30 May 2024
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 14 September 2015 26 June 2016
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 8 May 2015 14 September 2015
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) 3 December 2014 8 May 2015
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) 7 October 2013 3 December 2014
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 7 October 2011 7 October 2013
Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform) 8 October 2010 7 October 2011
Shadow Minister (Europe) 12 May 2010 8 October 2010

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) 19 June 2002 5 May 2005
Public Accounts Committee 4 June 2007 8 November 2007
House of Commons Commission 14 September 2015 21 November 2016
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) 16 September 2015 3 May 2017
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 6 May 2020 7 September 2023
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 31 October 2017 6 November 2019
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 10 November 2015 3 May 2017
Foreign Affairs Committee 2 March 2020 28 November 2023
Foreign Affairs Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Finance Committee (Commons) 31 October 2017 6 November 2019
Finance Committee (Commons) 30 October 2017 6 November 2019
Liaison Committee (Commons) 20 May 2020 7 September 2023
Liaison Committee (Commons) 6 November 2017 6 November 2019
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art 28 January 2019 6 November 2019
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system 13 February 2019 6 November 2019
Committee on Standards 6 May 2020 7 September 2023
Committee of Privileges 19 May 2020 14 June 2022
Committee of Privileges 12 May 2020 14 June 2022
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 10 November 2020 30 May 2024
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill 9 November 2021 17 November 2021
Local Government (Disqualification) Bill 24 November 2021 1 December 2021
Welsh Grand Committee 18 January 2022 30 May 2024
Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill 7 December 2022 14 December 2022
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] 26 February 2025 11 March 2025

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Rhondda and Ogmore Present
Rhondda Present
Rhondda Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 7 June 2001 Present