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
2024-07-04 → present
Rhondda and Ogmore
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Rhondda
2001-06-07 → 2010-05-06
Rhondda
Party history
2001-06-07 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-06 → present
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
2024-07-08 → 2025-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
2024-07-08 → 2025-09-06
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
2009-10-13 → 2010-05-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Europe)
2009-06-09 → 2009-10-13
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
2008-10-05 → 2009-06-05
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Opposition posts
2023-09-06 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Creative Industries and Digital)
2015-09-14 → 2016-06-26
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
2015-05-08 → 2015-09-14
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2014-12-03 → 2015-05-08
Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)
2013-10-07 → 2014-12-03
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
2011-10-07 → 2013-10-07
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Justice) (Political and Constitutional Reform)
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Minister (Europe)
Committee memberships
2002-06-19 → 2005-05-05
House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee)
2007-06-04 → 2007-11-08
Public Accounts Committee
2015-09-14 → 2016-11-21
House of Commons Commission
2015-09-16 → 2017-05-03
Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee)
2020-05-06 → 2023-09-07
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2017-10-31 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2015-11-10 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2020-03-02 → 2023-11-28
Foreign Affairs Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Foreign Affairs Committee
2017-10-31 → 2019-11-06
Finance Committee (Commons)
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
Finance Committee (Commons)
2020-05-20 → 2023-09-07
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2019-01-28 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2020-05-06 → 2023-09-07
Committee on Standards
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2020-05-19 → 2022-06-14
Committee of Privileges
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2020-05-12 → 2022-06-14
Committee of Privileges
2020-11-10 → 2024-05-30
Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-17
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
2021-11-24 → 2021-12-01
Local Government (Disqualification) Bill
2022-01-18 → 2024-05-30
Welsh Grand Committee
2022-12-07 → 2022-12-14
Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill
2025-02-26 → 2025-03-11
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
020 7219 8315 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
garethw.hughes@parliament.uk
01443 442521 · 9 Compton Road, Tonypandy, CF40 1BE
01443 442521 · 9 Compton Road, Tonypandy, CF40 1BE
Website