MP for Chester South and Eddisbury
“Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury with strong party loyalty and unusually low voting attendance.”
Aphra Brandreth is the Conservative MP for Chester South and Eddisbury, elected in July 2024. She currently sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee and on the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill committee, with prior committee involvement during her time in Parliament. Her record shows strong party loyalty and a markedly low voting attendance, alongside a right-leaning voting profile.
Her party loyalty is 98% (slightly below the party average of 99%). She has a notably low voting attendance of 12% (party average 56%), and has recorded 6 rebel votes. Her political stance is right-leaning (71/100). On key issues, she generally votes against workers’ rights protections, against trade union powers, against renter protections, and against VAT changes; she generally votes for prison sentencing and for bus services regulation, and she supports transgender rights. Climate change votes are mixed.
Declared financial interests include 13 entries: gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources; shareholdings; land and property (within or outside the UK); miscellaneous interests; and donations and other support for activities as an MP.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Conservative average: 56%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Conservative average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
7 positions
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Since May 2025
Foreign Affairs Committee
Since Oct 2024
Mental Health Bill [HL]
Jun 2025 - Jun 2025
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]
May 2025 - May 2025
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
May 2025 - May 2025
Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL]
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Welsh Affairs Committee
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
AYECourts and Tribunals Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17
NOChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Mental Health Bill [HL]
Parliamentary role · 9 Jun 2025
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Parliamentary role · 21 May 2025
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
