Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven / data
Chris Ward · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
363
of 504 possible
Attendance
72%
141 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
214
36 debates
Written Qs
22
22 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£203k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 128 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 85 | |
| Taxation | 84 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Education | 32 | |
| Crime & Policing | 31 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Pensions | 21 | |
| Schools | 21 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 24 | 12,691 |
| Mp Performance | 6 | 11,129 |
| Defence | 11 | 9,141 |
| Other | 5 | 8,054 |
| Local Government | 8 | 5,466 |
| Crime | 1 | 2,792 |
| Culture Community | 2 | 1,897 |
| Education | 4 | 1,339 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementAs I informed the House yesterday, I am bringing forward a major package of reforms to procurement policy. This includes steps to direct Government procurement in the national inte… Economy JobsLocal Government | 68 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementThe Government are, of course, concerned about the risks that my hon. Friend has mentioned. There are strong safeguards in the Procurement Act 2023 to preserve the integrity of the… Economy JobsLocal Government | 55 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public Sector InsourcingThe Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office updated the House on this yesterday, and he has answered a number of questions on that issue. I do agree that insourcing c… Economy JobsFiscal Policy | 64 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Government Procurement: British CompaniesAs I have said, this Government do not believe that our procurement rules do enough to back British businesses. That is why I have announced steps to address that, and to simplify … Economy JobsEnergy | 62 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that. Social value should be integral to the system, but the current system has become too tick-boxy and does not deliver what it needs … DefenceTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 74 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Government Procurement: British CompaniesMy hon. Friend is spot on, and I thank her for championing her local business while making a bigger point about how we need to support British jobs more widely. We have set out wha… Economy JobsEnergy | 79 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsAs I have said, one aim of the Government’s procurement reforms is to ensure that we support more British companies and end the reliance on external suppliers. The two Palantir con… DefenceTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 69 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public Sector InsourcingAs I set out to the House yesterday, this Labour Government are ending the age of outsourcing. We will introduce a public interest test to require all Departments to assess whether… Economy JobsFiscal Policy | 85 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Topical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. He is right about the reforms that we are trying to make to public procurement, and to improve our number of electric vehicles. I will wri… DefenceTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 43 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementThe hon. Gentleman is right to flag that concern, and it is something that the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister is working hard on with a package of reforms around transparenc… Economy JobsLocal Government | 90 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Communities should be benefiting much more from the taxpayers’ money we are spending on procurement. I believe he mentioned two businesses in hi… Economy JobsLocal Government | 89 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I also met Royal Mail in my constituency recently and had a similar conversation, and I understand his point. As I say, I am not pretending… Economy JobsLocal Government | 71 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Public ProcurementI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue again. As I said in the House yesterday, Denby is an iconic British manufacturer, and I know the anxiety that the workforce will feel … Economy JobsLocal Government | 124 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Government Procurement StrategyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To clarify, the guidance that we are bringing forward and the reforms that I am talking about today will apply to Government Departments, not to… Economy JobsTechnologyDefence | 143 |
| 22 Apr 2026 | Government Procurement StrategyI have to say that of all the questions I was mulling over when I was going through this, the impact on Jammie Dodgers was not top of my list, but maybe it should have been—I will … Economy JobsTechnologyDefence | 110 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 8 | 36.4% |
| Department for Education | 4 | 18.2% |
| Department for Transport | 3 | 13.6% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 3 | 13.6% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 9.1% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 1 | 4.5% |
| Ministry of Defence | 1 | 4.5% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make SEND training mandatory for (a) Initial Teacher Training and (b) continual learning for qualified teachers. | Answered |
| 23 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by The Sutton Trust entitled The Opportunity Index, published in May 2025. | Answered |
| 23 Jun 2025 | Department for Education | To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce educational inequalities in (a) the South East and (b) nationally. | Answered |
| 03 Jun 2025 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on providing payments to LGBTQ+ veterans under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme. | Answered |
| 02 Apr 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on clinical support staff of referring patients with long covid to ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome specialist services. | Answered |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacists. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help bring peace and stability to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and what steps he is taking to help ensure the confl… | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on vehicle emissions in (a) Brighton and (b) other cities in England. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing Clean Air Zones in cities across England. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2025 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organization's Air Quality Guidelines, whether his Department plans to introduce a Clean Air Bill. | Answered |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of dementia training for adult social care staff on improving quality of life for (a) individuals with dementia and (b) their families. | Answered |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making food and nutrition assessments a statutory requirement in discharge care plans for patients leaving hospital. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to enforce taxi and private hire vehicle licensing regulations. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) taxi and (b) private hire journeys either (i) start or (ii) finish within licensed vehicle areas. | Answered |
| 03 Feb 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on trends in the level of malnutrition in over 65-year-olds in Sussex in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five yea… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 95 | 29,210 | 14.4% |
| Accommodation | 20 | 11,572 | 5.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 1,698 | 0.8% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,671 | 0.8% |
| Staffing | 0 | 158,826 | 78.2% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 116 | 0.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 7 | 10,043 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 5 | 8,527 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 5 | 5,478 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 11 | 4,404 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 5 | 2,691 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 2,040 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 12 | 1,507 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 2 | 1,100 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 7 | 908 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 907 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 41 | 867 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 3 | 837 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 3,750 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -307 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -3,462 | Paid |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 150 | Paid |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 38 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 1,725 | Paid |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 111 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 93 | Paid |
| 04 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 24 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Water | 203 | Paid |
| 28 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 111 | Paid |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 100 | Paid |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 36 | Paid |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 1,725 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Letterheads and printing, constituency paper | 731 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Meet your MP poster and banner | 456 | Paid |
| 10 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Contact your MP cards and posters | 222 | Paid |
| 08 Feb 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Electricity | 29 | Paid |
| 07 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 150 | Paid |
| 06 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Utilities | Electricity | 317 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 9 wards, 17 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Saltdean Telscombe Cliffs | Christine Robinson | Labour Party | 1,132 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Saltdean Telscombe Cliffs | Ian Keith Alexander | Labour Party | 1,087 | 04 May 2023 |
| East Saltdean Telscombe Cliffs | Laurence O'Connor | Labour Party | 1,089 | 04 May 2023 |
| Kemptown | Théresa Ann MacKey | Labour Party | 1,382 | 02 May 2024 |
| Peacehaven East | Cathy Gallagher | Labour Party | 537 | 04 May 2023 |
| Peacehaven East | Paul Thomas Davies | Labour Party | 620 | 04 May 2023 |
| Peacehaven North | Ciarron Clarkson | Labour Party | 555 | 04 May 2023 |
| Peacehaven North | Isobel Louise Sharkey | Labour Party | 553 | 04 May 2023 |
| Peacehaven West | Chris Collier | Labour Party | 689 | 04 May 2023 |
| Peacehaven West | Nikki Fabry | Labour Party | 557 | 04 May 2023 |
| Queens Park | Milla Gauge | Labour Party | 1,241 | 02 May 2024 |
| Rottingdean West Saltdean | Bridget Fishleigh | Brighton & Hove Independents | 2,266 | 04 May 2023 |
| Rottingdean West Saltdean | Mark Earthey | Brighton & Hove Independents | 1,593 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whitehawk Marina | David McGregor | Labour Party | 1,366 | 04 May 2023 |
| Whitehawk Marina | Gill Williams | Labour Party | 1,330 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodingdean | Jacob Allen | Labour Party | 1,581 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodingdean | Jacqui Simon | Labour Party | 1,551 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 84,737 | Electorate 68,784 (2024) |
| Median age | 42 | years |
| Degree-educated | 34.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 87.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 54.0% | households |
| Private-rented | 24.3% | households |
| Social-rented | 21.4% | households |
| Employment rate | 54.3% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.