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Chris Bryant MP

Labour Rhondda and Ogmore M
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 Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade).

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £10,207
2 registered interests published in 2026
Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments £10,207
Total (salary + chair + declared) £39,793
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Rhondda and Ogmore current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Rhondda
2001-06-072010-05-06
Rhondda

Party history

2001-06-07present
Labour current

Government posts

2025-09-06present
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2024-07-082025-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2024-07-082025-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
2009-10-132010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe)
2009-06-092009-10-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2008-10-052009-06-05
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons

Opposition posts

2023-09-062024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital)
2015-09-142016-06-26
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2015-05-082015-09-14
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2014-12-032015-05-08
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2013-10-072014-12-03
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2011-10-072013-10-07
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
2010-10-082011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform)
2010-05-122010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Europe)

Committee memberships

2002-06-192005-05-05
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2007-06-042007-11-08
Public Accounts Committee
2015-09-142016-11-21
House of Commons Commission
2015-09-162017-05-03
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2020-05-062023-09-07
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2017-10-312019-11-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2015-11-102017-05-03
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2020-03-022023-11-28
Foreign Affairs Committee
2017-09-112019-11-06
Foreign Affairs Committee
2017-10-312019-11-06
Finance Committee (Commons) Chair +£15,235/yr
2017-10-302019-11-06
Finance Committee (Commons)
2020-05-202023-09-07
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-062019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-01-282019-11-06
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2019-02-132019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2020-05-062023-09-07
Committee on Standards Chair +£15,928/yr
2020-05-192022-06-14
Committee of Privileges Chair +£15,928/yr
2020-05-122022-06-14
Committee of Privileges
2020-11-102024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2021-11-092021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2021-11-242021-12-01
Local Government (Disqualification) Bill
2022-01-182024-05-30
Welsh Grand Committee
2022-12-072022-12-14
Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill
2025-02-262025-03-11
Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL]
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
chris.bryant.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 8315 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
garethw.hughes@parliament.uk
01443 442521 · 9 Compton Road, Tonypandy, CF40 1BE
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