Chris Vince MP: votes, interests and costs
Chris Vince represents Harlow in the House of Commons for Labour (Co-op).
Offices and committees
Chris Vince sits on 7 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham Borough Council (Markets) Bill | 12 February 2026 | Current |
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 21 January 2026 | Current |
| General Cemetery Bill [HL] | 16 September 2025 | Current |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Norwich Livestock Market Bill [HL] | 25 June 2025 | Current |
| Court of Referees | 27 February 2025 | Current |
| Public Accounts Commission | 16 December 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| City of London (Markets) Bill | 18 March 2026 | 17 June 2026 |
| Education Committee | 28 October 2025 | 22 June 2026 |
| Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill | 10 July 2025 | 17 July 2025 |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 30 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 25 June 2025 | 25 June 2025 |
| Modernisation Committee | 4 March 2025 | 8 December 2025 |
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
| Backbench Business Committee | 28 October 2024 | 29 April 2026 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 91798f8409f8.
Register of interests
Chris Vince has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 10 July 2024 and the latest on 7 April 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Manchester Airport group - £400.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Invitation to Airports UK dinner
- Value of the benefit: £400.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-11
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-11
- Name of the donor: Manchester Airport group
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Manchester Airport group
Trustee of Youth Concern Trust. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-08-19
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Member of NEC of the Cooperative Party. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of Razed Roof an Inclusive theatre company. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-07-05
- Date on which the interest ended: 2026-01-28
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 29 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £136,925 for Chris Vince in 2024-25 against a budget of £198,653. IPSA lists office spending of £25,626 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 | £136,924.96 |
| Office costs: spent | £25,625.78 |
| Accommodation: spent | £0.00 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,349.66 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,037, staffing £198,653, accommodation £0 (Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard London area budget from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Harlow CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Policy Assistant (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Chris Vince voted in the House of Commons: 561 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 58 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Chris Vince voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 29 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 24 written questions from Chris Vince since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Home Office and 5 other departments.
Homelessness and Sleeping Rough: Harlow
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in Harlow.
Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on coordinating the work of the Co-operative Development Unit across Government.
Developing Countries: Cooperatives
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of co-operative models on international development.
Temporary Accommodation: Harlow
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation in Harlow constituency.
Defending Democracy Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made on protecting democratic institutions.
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of households affected by the two child limit policy that are (a) two earner couple households and (b) two earner couple households in which bo …
Children: Poverty
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce inequalities experienced by children in poverty.
UK Health Security Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the relocation of the UK Health Security Agency.
Economic Growth: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.
Economic Growth: Technology
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase economic growth through new technologies.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 c42001fe4ea7. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris Vince.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Harlow returned Chris Vince with a majority of 2,504: 16,313 votes, 37.6% of those cast, against 13,809 for Hannah Ellis. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Harlow figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.