Aphra Brandreth MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Chester South and Eddisbury is Aphra Brandreth (Conservative). Current post: Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), held since 31 August 2026.
Offices and committees
Aphra Brandreth holds these 2 posts, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 31 August 2026 | Current |
| Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 31 August 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 21 May 2025 | Current |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 9 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL] | 13 May 2025 | 15 May 2025 |
| Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill | 13 May 2025 | 14 May 2025 |
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | 18 December 2024 | 18 December 2024 |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 16 December 2024 | 13 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 883dcad19381.
Register of interests
Aphra Brandreth has 13 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 31 July 2024 and the latest on 10 October 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (5), Shareholdings (3), Miscellaneous (2), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (2), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
RTC Education Ltd - £2,125.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hotel accommodation for myself and my husband at the Conservative Party Conference
- Value of the benefit: £2,125.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-07
- Name of the donor: RTC Education Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
Deputy Chair of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council.
- The type of interest: Formal role with a party organisation
The Centre for Turkey Studies and Ankara Institute (CEFTUS) - £540.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Ticket to attend the British Kebab Awards with a local business
- Value of the benefit: £540.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-24
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-24
- Name of the donor: The Centre for Turkey Studies and Ankara Institute (CEFTUS)
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: The Centre for Turkey Studies and Ankara Institute (CEFTUS)
The Conservative and Unionist Party - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: A ticket to the Conservative Party's Winter Party
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-12
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-12
- Name of the donor: The Conservative and Unionist Party
- Status of the donor: Registered Party
Mr Philip Rimmer - £2,060.12
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Value of the benefit: £2,060.12
- Name of the donor: Mr Philip Rimmer
- Status of the donor: Individual
RTC Education Ltd - £833.33
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: A ticket to the 100th Birthday Celebration Event to mark Margaret Thatcher's 100th Birthday at Guildhall, London
- Value of the benefit: £833.33
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-13
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-13
- Name of the donor: RTC Education Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: RTC Education Ltd
RTC Education Ltd - £80.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Dinner at the Carlton Club
- Value of the benefit: £80.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-07-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-07-15
- Name of the donor: RTC Education Ltd
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: RTC Education Ltd
Company director, Smart Vet Ltd.
- The type of interest: Other
Shares in Saibick Limited
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Saibick Limited
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Commercial property letting company
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: Husband is also a shareholder of the company
Shares in Saibick Investments Ltd
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Saibick Investments Ltd
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Investment company
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: Jointly with my husband, two sons and daughter.
Shares in Smart Vet Ltd (Trading as Pet People)
- Registrable threshold for this shareholding interest: (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
- Name of the company or partnership: Smart Vet Ltd (Trading as Pet People)
- Nature of the company or partnership's business: Veterinary business
- Held jointly or on behalf of a spouse, partner, or dependent child: My husband is also a shareholder
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Ground floor Commercial property
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Property is owned by the company of which both my husband and I are the joint company owners and directors.
- Details of any other recipients of rental income: The rental income is paid to the company of which both my husband and I are the joint owners and directors.
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Commercial
Property in Ferring, West Sussex
- Location of the land or property: Ferring, West Sussex
- A description of the property: House
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with my husband
- Date the rental income ended: 2025-04-04
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Aphra Brandreth's office spent £182,781 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. IPSA lists office spending of £25,110 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £182,780.85 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,110.49 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,873.43 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £19,266.62 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £24,633 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024, plus an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Chester South and Eddisbury CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (fixed term part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (fixed term full time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Aphra Brandreth voted in the House of Commons: 405 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 33 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 20 October 2026 Aphra Brandreth voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 24 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 160 written questions from Aphra Brandreth since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care.
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision is made for transport for asylum seekers housed in rural dispersal accommodation where there is limited public transport, including for travel to (a) healthcare appointments, (b) immigr …
Universities: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure universities provide students with marks and degree classifications in a timely manner.
Asylum: Audlem
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has approved, provisionally approved or been asked to approve the use of any property in Audlem, Cheshire East, as asylum accommodation since 5 July 2024.
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what minimum criteria relating to (a) public transport, (b) access to primary healthcare, (c) access to shops and other essential services and (d) proximity to immigration and legal advice services mu …
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which bodies her Department and its accommodation providers are required to consult before approving new asylum dispersal accommodation; and whether that consultation includes (a) the relevant local a …
Asylum: Audlem
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken regarding the suitability of a property or site in Audlem, Cheshire East, for use as asylum accommodation since 5 July 2024.
Asylum: Audlem
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a provider contracted by her Department has entered into negotiations, agreements or contractual arrangements with property owners or their agents for the provision of asylum accommodation in …
Rhabdomyolysis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) emerging and (b) under-recognised clinical risks, such as rhabdomyolysis following (i) falls and (ii) immobility, are incorporated into social care …
Asylum: Cheshire East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of accommodation in Cheshire East for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of accommodation for the purpose of housing asylum seekers in Cheshire East since 5 July 2024.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a77d57a7c284. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Aphra Brandreth.
2024 general election
Aphra Brandreth won Chester South and Eddisbury at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 19,905 votes (37.9%), a majority of 3,057 over Angeliki Stogia (Labour). Result as published: Con hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Chester South and Eddisbury figures
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