Labour Party MP for Aberafan Maesteg since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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£10,927.36
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| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | MP | Aberafan Maesteg | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Labour ( – present).
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Totals add only the entries that declare an amount received: payments for work, donations, gifts, and funded visits (register categories 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Ongoing employment is listed but not added, because its figure is a rate rather than a sum received. Each entry is dated by when the benefit happened, not when it was registered, and placed under the party the member sat for on that date. A member who changed party therefore has a separate total for each.
| Date | Category | Entry | Declared value | Sitting for | Source |
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| 4. Visits outside the UK | International visit to United States between 15 August 2026 and 23 August 2026Palo Alto Networks | £8,049.76 | Labour | Register record | |
| 5. Gifts, non-UK sources | Solix ApS - £2,877.60 | £2,877.60 | Labour | Register record | |
| 8. Miscellaneous | Bryn and Cwmavon Events, a charity set up to develop the needs of the community, supported by the local authority and partners to create a stronger, independent community. | — | Labour | Register record | |
| 6. Land and property | Residential in Neath Port Talbot | — | Labour | Register record |
This was a proudly Labour Budget that provides people in Wales with breathing space for today and hope for tomorrow. We are helping Welsh families with the cost of living by extending 0% VAT on electricity bills, getting rid of gas standing charges and removing the 4% tariff on heating oil to support 105,000 households in Wales.
I genuinely do not know where Plaid Cymru is getting these numbers from. This Budget provides the Welsh Government with an additional £450 million for public services, meaning that the Welsh Government settlement continues to grow in real terms over the spending review period. In addition, the UK Government are providing a £6.5 billion increase in Welsh Government spending power as a result of changes to the fiscal framework, additional funding through the Barnett formula and the largest settlement in the history of devolution. This generational increase in 2025 was the largest settlement for Wales since devolution began in the late 1990s.
I share my hon. Friend’s frustration. The Welsh Government must recognise that only a relief road will address the needs of the people, the economy and the environment of south-east Wales. What local people do not need is disruption and junction closures. I was pleased to see the Senedd support Welsh Labour’s motion to rule out closures and to begin work on an appropriate relief road for the M4, and I urge Plaid Cymru to work with Newport council and to reconsider its position.
I am taken aback by the brass neck of the Conservatives, after 14 years of neglect and incompetence, the failure to fund rail, and the failure to fix so many of the problems that they caused. I am very pleased that the Welsh Labour motion in the Senedd was approved, and we call on the Plaid Cymru Welsh Government to change tack, reconsider and do the right thing for the people of Wales.
The hon. Lady talked about the Budget. I remind her of what the Budget does for drivers: it extends the temporary 5p per litre fuel duty cut for a further six months; it makes permanent the 55p per mile tax-free mileage rate for the first 10,000 business miles, which will save a worker travelling 6,000 business miles at least £120 a year in tax from 2027-28; and it extends the 3.7p cut to red diesel duty to 1 July 2027. I respectfully suggest to the hon. Lady that she has another look at the Budget and comes back when she has got her facts right.
I wish the hon. Gentleman luck in the forthcoming leadership election—I believe he is standing against himself, so I am sure he will have a positive outcome. He mentioned rail, and I am delighted that we have secured at least £445 million to progress rail projects across Wales, including £30 million for Cardiff Parkway, which is front-loaded to support delivery of Welsh priorities during the spending review period. I am sure that he and his party will join me in welcoming those measures.
I thank the right hon. Lady for that question, but again I am not sure that those on the Opposition Benches are clear about what the Budget will deliver. In addition to all the breathing space measures, which are making a clear difference to the cost of living, we have £30 million on Cardiff Parkway railway station, £2.5 million on new funding for M-Sparc, £11 million for the Aberavon bridge and £20 million to support reindustrialisation in AI sectors, and that is on top of all the work we are doing on nuclear power at Wylfa and revitalising the Welsh steel industry. With all due respect, she too should have another look at the Budget and come back when she has got her facts straight.
I am proud to be a strong voice for Wales in the Cabinet. Frankly, I find it shocking that those on the Opposition Benches think that Wales should not have a strong voice in the Cabinet. We are ready to work closely with the Welsh Government to ensure that our broadcasting industry, which we are very proud of, continues to go from strength to strength. I look forward to working with the right hon. Lady and other colleagues to achieve that objective.
The UK Government are committed to driving economic growth in Wales. We are investing £2.6 billion to bring nuclear power back to Wylfa, £500 million to secure the future of Welsh steel, and £50 million to support defence jobs across Wales.
The hon. Gentleman mentions rural economic development. We are extending the 3.7p cut to red diesel to July 2027, and suspending tariffs on fertiliser. We are removing the 4% tariff on heating oil, which will support 105,000 Welsh households, and I am sure that many of his constituents will also benefit. We had productive talks at the National Economic Council in Glasgow. Of course, it was unfortunate that the Northern Irish Government were not represented in those talks, but we will certainly continue to work closely with the hon. Gentleman and others to ensure strong co-operation and collaboration across all the nations that make up our United Kingdom.
Held . Recorded result: Lab Hold. Majority 10,354. 35,755 votes cast from an electorate of 72,580. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kinnock | Labour | 17,838 | 49.9% |
| Mark Griffiths | Reform UK | 7,484 | 20.9% |
| Colin Deere | Plaid Cymru | 4,719 | 13.2% |
| Abigail Mainon | Conservative | 2,903 | 8.1% |
| Nigel Hill | Green Party | 1,094 | 3.1% |
| Justin Griffiths | Liberal Democrat | 916 | 2.6% |
| Captain Beany | Independent | 618 | 1.7% |
| Rhiannon Morrissey | Heritage Party | 183 | 0.5% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Aberafan MaestegElected 1 time | – present |
| AberavonElected 3 times | – |
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State for WalesWales Office | – present |
| Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)Department of Health and Social Care | – |
| Post | Dates |
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| Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration)Home Office | – |
| Shadow Minister (Defence)Ministry of Defence | – |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | – |
| Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)Foreign and Commonwealth Office | – |
| Committee | Dates |
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| Mental Health Bill [HL] | – |
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | – |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | – |
| Welsh Grand Committee | – |
| Subsidy Control Bill | – |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | – |
| European Scrutiny Committee | – |
| European Statutory Instruments Committee | – |
| European Scrutiny Committee | – |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | – |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | – |
| Welsh Affairs Committee | – |
| European Scrutiny Committee | – |
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