Chris Webb MP: votes, interests and costs
Chris Webb represents Blackpool South in the House of Commons for Labour and has done since 2 May 2024.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Chris Webb; earlier posts are below.
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 722185c820d7.
Register of interests
Chris Webb has 6 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 23 May 2024 and the latest on 13 October 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (1), Visits outside the UK (1), Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Communication Workers Union - £1,800.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Hotel accommodation for the Labour Party conference 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,800.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-26
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-26
- Name of the donor: Communication Workers Union
- Status of the donor: Trade Union
Advisory Board member of Empire Fighting Chance USA. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-10-01
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
International visit to Saudi Arabia between 30 August 2026 and 04 September 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Speaking at the LEAP Conference regarding Tourism
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-08-30
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-09-04
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Hospitality and Tourism
Riyadh Season - £1,000.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: One ticket including hospitality to a boxing show at Tottenham Stadium, in my capacity as Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Boxing
- Value of the benefit: £1,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-11-15
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-11-15
- Name of the donor: Riyadh Season
- Status of the donor: Company
Member of the Blackpool Towns Board. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-05-03
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Trustee of CWUHA, a children's humanitarian charity. This is an unpaid role.
- 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 £228,448 for Chris Webb in 2024-25 against a budget of £228,830. Office costs came to £36,086 of a £36,125 budget. 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 | £228,447.86 |
| Office costs: spent | £36,085.61 |
| Accommodation: spent | £23,048.60 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £20,672.26 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £36,125, staffing £228,830, accommodation £32,816 (Standard non-London area budget from 3 May 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 3 May 2025; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant from 3 May 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Blackpool South BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Researcher (permanent full time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent full time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term full time), Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Executive Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (fixed term part time), Senior Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Chris Webb is recorded voting in 454 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 52 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 26 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 34 written questions have been tabled by Chris Webb, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Department for Education; Women and Equalities; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many items of correspondence relating to the British Council her Department has received since 5 July 2024.
British Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value of the Government grant-in-aid to the British Council was in each financial year from 2004–05 to 2024–25; and what assessment she has made of the real-terms ch …
Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure transitional arrangements in post-16 qualification options before V-levels are fully implemented.
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in Blackpool receiving Personal Independence Payments due to a psychiatric disorder are adequately supported.
Dental Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on primary care dentistry net of patient charge revenue in each year since 2010-11.
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to collaborate with (a) VisitBritain, (b) local authorities and (c) tourism boards to measure the impact of water quality on destination attractiveness.
Water: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bathing waters were classified as poor in each of the last ten years, and what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact on domestic tourism trends.
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that school food standards contribute to reducing childhood obesity levels.
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school food standards on obesity levels among children in Blackpool South constituency.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 16805dbf29ca. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Chris Webb.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,848 for Chris Webb in Blackpool South in July 2024, from 16,916 votes on a turnout of 45.4%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Blackpool South 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.