UK Parliament · member 5276
Chris Ward MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Chris Ward, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
The current register holds no entries matched to Chris Ward.
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 421 recorded divisions where Chris Ward and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Chris Ward voted the same way as most voting Labour members 421 times (100.0%).
This compares Chris Ward with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £21,610 across 88 claim lines; 2024-25: £203,093 across 128 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 61 | £15,811 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 24 | £3,395 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 2 | £1,800 |
| 2025-26 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £605 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £158,826 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 95 | £29,210 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 20 | £11,572 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 3 | £1,698 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £1,671 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 3 | £116 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Phone services for constituency office | £99 | Paid |
| 20 May 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT BUSINESS BILL | £99 | Paid |
| 1 February 2026 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT Cloud phone contract for constituency office. | £99 | Paid |
| 1 January 2026 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT Cloud Phone Service for constituency office. | £99 | Paid |
| 4 December 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Phone service bill for constituency office | £99 | Paid |
| 3 November 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Office phone service | £99 | Paid |
| 7 September 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — CONSTITUENCY OFFICE PHONE BILL | £99 | Paid |
| 1 August 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — Constituency office phone line | £99 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £952 | Paid |
| 7 November 2024 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT BILL FOR CONSTITUENCY OFFICE - NOV24 | £93 | Paid |
| 1 April 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT Cloud phone bill for constituency office | £93 | Paid |
| 4 March 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package — BT BUSINESS BILL [200011725-3500] | £93 | Paid |
| 15 October 2024 | Accommodation · Council tax | Council tax bill for constituency accomodation Oct 23-Mar24 | £907 | Paid |
| 5 March 2026 | Staffing · Recruitment Services &Costs | Temporary recruitment services. | £900 | Paid |
| 17 November 2025 | Staffing · Recruitment Services &Costs | Hive invoice for recruiting Temp Caseworker | £900 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.