Chris Evans MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Caerphilly is Chris Evans (Labour (Co-op)), MP there since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Chris Evans; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Tech and Digital Economy) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 28 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) | Department for Work and Pensions | 5 September 2023 | 28 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 14 May 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | 6 January 2025 |
| Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Procurement Bill [HL] | 25 January 2023 | 21 February 2023 |
| Welsh Grand Committee | 18 January 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 20 May 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Petitions Committee | 2 March 2020 | 13 July 2021 |
| Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee | 2 March 2020 | 21 September 2020 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 26 October 2015 | 3 May 2017 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 10 December 2012 | 18 March 2014 |
| Draft Defamation Bill (Joint Committee) | 24 March 2011 | 12 October 2011 |
| Justice Committee | 12 July 2010 | 10 December 2012 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 30cc92e4a22d.
Register of interests
Chris Evans has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 24 April 2018 and the latest on . By category: Employment and earnings (2), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Royalties for a book - David Luxton
- Type of work or service being provided: Royalties for a book
- Name of the payer: David Luxton
- Brief description of the payer's business: Literary Agent
- Payment received on 02 April 2026 - £329.06
Writing a book - David Luxton Associates Ltd
- Type of work or service being provided: Writing a book
- Name of the payer: David Luxton Associates Ltd
- Payment received on 17 October 2025 - £2,000.00
The Football Association - £500.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets and hospitality for the FA Cup semi-final Chelsea v Leeds United
- Value of the benefit: £500.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-04-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-04-26
- Name of the donor: The Football Association
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: The Football Association
Administrative Steward and Director (unpaid) of the British Boxing Board of Control. From time to time I attend contests where I undertake my voluntary duties as Steward.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2018-04-11
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-11-12
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Chris Evans's office spent £244,686 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £203,575. IPSA lists office spending of £16,879 in the same year. 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 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £244,686.49 | £203,574.77 | £196,701.99 |
| Office costs: spent | £16,879.01 | £21,362.31 | £19,143.87 |
| Accommodation: spent | £23,899.54 | £13,309.97 | £8,439.78 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,692.28 | £7,051.65 | £10,316.51 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £111.08 | £95.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £42,650 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Caerphilly CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Administrative Officer (term time part time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Intern (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term full time), Policy Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Chris Evans is recorded voting in 436 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 51 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 21 October 2026 Chris Evans voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Chris Evans has tabled 135 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Treasury, Ministry of Defence, Department for Education and 2 other departments.
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to distribute the remainder of the funding allocation to those affected by the Equitable Life scandal.
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people affected by the Equitable Life scandal who are yet to be traced.
King's Guards: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has put a contract out to tender for potential suppliers of faux-fur King's Guard caps.
King's Guards: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to introduce faux-fur King's Guard caps.
King's Guards: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which industry experts have been consulted and which materials have been tested in considering replacing the bearskin King's Guard caps with a faux-fur alternative.
King's Guards: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he is using to measure the suitability of faux-fur alternatives to bearskin King's Guards caps.
Education: Artificial Intelligence and Numeracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve (a) numeracy skills and (b) AI skills.
Natural Gas: Engineers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect gas engineers from customers who have had a past of being abusive to engineers.
Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what standards have been set to measure the safe and ethical use of AI legal assistants during its trial period.
Ajax Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated cost for the Ajax 2 package of upgrades.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 e839441663d5. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris Evans.
2024 general election
Chris Evans won Caerphilly at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 14,538 votes (38.0%), a majority of 6,419 over Lindsay Whittle (Plaid Cymru). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Caerphilly figures
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