Chris Bloore is the Labour Party MP for Redditch, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Bloore won 14,810 votes, representing 34.9% of the vote. The Conservative candidate, Rachel Maclean, received 14,021 votes (33.1%), while the Reform UK candidate, Julie Allison, secured 8,516 votes (20.1%). Bloore was duly elected with a majority of 789.

The Redditch constituency is located in Worcestershire in the West Midlands. The seat was created in 1997 and has historically been considered a bellwether. It has been held by the party that formed the government at every general election since its creation.

Bloore’s immediate predecessor as the MP for Redditch was Rachel Maclean of the Conservative Party.

Political Career

Bloore is a member of the House of Commons business and trade select committee (since April 2026). The committee scrutinises the work of the Department for Business and Trade.

Bloore is also a member of the House of Commons Northern Ireland affairs select committee (since October 2024). The Northern Ireland affairs committee is a select committee of the House of Commons responsible for scrutinising the policy, administration, and spending of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and its associated public bodies.

In January 2026, Bloore was listed as a supporter of an amendment to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, often referred to as the “Hillsborough Law”, that would extend the proposed criminal offence of misleading the public to include MPs and peers. Luke Myer, the Labour MP behind the proposal, argued that his amendment would mean “no-one in parliament would be above the law”, adding: “If politicians deliberately lie to the public, there should be consequences.”

Myer stated: “This amendment is a proportionate, carefully safeguarded response to a real democratic risk. It is not about stifling debate or political disagreement, it is about ensuring that those who seek or hold public office cannot deliberately and knowingly mislead the public without consequence.

“The polling shows that voters across the political spectrum expect parliament to act.”

Myer’s amendment won the support of 30 cross-party MPs.

In July 2025, Bloore introduced the Schools (Allergy Safety) Bill, or “Benedict’s Law”, under the 10-minute rule procedure. The bill sought to require schools to maintain an allergy management policy and a supply of emergency adrenaline auto-injectors, and also mandate allergy training for staff in schools.

In his speech, Bloore pointed to the “the inadequacies of our current laws on protecting children with allergies in our schools.”

He added: “The Schools (Allergy Safety) Bill would require all schools to have an allergy policy in place. Currently, 70% of schools lack basic protections, and one in three schools has no allergy policy in place.”

The Labour MP said that the “three pillars of this bill – staff training, allergy policies and spare adrenalin auto-injectors – can save lives.”

In March 2026, the government announced plans for emergency adrenaline auto-injectors to “be stocked by schools for the first time”. Bloore welcomed the plans.

In June 2025, Bloore was one of 16 Labour MPs to sign a letter to the foreign secretary, David Lammy, accusing the government of failing to protect the rights of LGBT+ citizens in British Overseas Territories. The group argued that the absence of legal protections in jurisdictions such as the Turks and Caicos, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and Montserrat constituted a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

According to a PoliticsHome report, the letter described the government’s “inaction on these injustices is not only a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights but, more importantly, a betrayal of the values Britain has long championed on the world stage.”

It added: “By failing to prevent differential treatment of LGBT+ persons in these jurisdictions, which naturally includes British citizens, the UK has allowed a two-tier system of British LGBT+ rights to emerge, in which the promise of equality and dignity extends only to some, not all, of its citizens and territories.”

Bloore delivered his maiden speech on 10 October 2024 in a debate on Team GB and Paralympics GB.

In it, he said: “In my constituency, we face many deep-seated challenges. I mentioned Harry Styles, and the Alexandra hospital, where he was born, has since lost its maternity services. Local parents are forced to travel to Worcester or Birmingham to give birth.

“During the election, when my son was struggling to breathe, I could not take him to the Alex because the paediatric services have also been lost. North Worcestershire needs more than one hospital to provide those critical services, and I make no apologies for my inevitably repetitive interventions on that in future.

“A decade ago, I stood for weeks outside supermarkets and on high streets collecting signatures against the loss of those services.”

He added: “My politics comes from my parents. My mother Marion dedicated her entire working life to the NHS as an occupational therapist, rising from a poor working-class family to become a lecturer in her profession.

“I saw what happened to the NHS in the 1980s and the impact it had on her and her colleagues. My dad Mike worked for the BBC, and was awarded a BAFTA in 1983 for editing ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’, a gritty representation of the impacts of the Thatcher government.

“Incidentally, that was also the year I was born, although I have never asked my father what his highlight of 1983 was.”

Before entering parliament, Bloore served as a Labour councillor on Worcestershire County Council, following his election in 2017. He resigned from the council midway through his term in 2019 to take up a role working in Toronto, Canada. This triggered a by-election which was won by the Conservatives.

Political views

Leadership elections and loyalty

Labour deputy leadership 2025: Bloore was one of 117 Labour MPs who nominated Lucy Powell for the party’s deputy leadership in September 2025. The election followed the resignation of Angela Rayner, who stepped down as deputy prime minister and deputy party leader after an investigation into her tax affairs. It marked the first time since 2007 that Labour had held a deputy leadership contest while in government.

Powell, the former leader of the House of Commons, was seen as a candidate representing the party’s “soft left”; she was supported by leading soft left figures including Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham. She secured 117 nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), above the 80 required, and went on to win the election – defeating Bridget Phillipson with 54.3% of the vote.

Factional identity and party tradition

Socialism26: In May 2026, Bloore was a founding signatory of Socialism26, a political initiative and pressure group launched by a coalition of Labour MPs and general secretaries from several major affiliated trade unions, including Unison, Aslef, the CWU, the TSSA and the FBU. The group described itself as advocating a “programme for change” intended to facilitate a “progressive political reset” within the Labour Party. It called for a return to traditional socialist values and greater internal party democracy.

The initiative was built upon a set of policy demands, including urging the government to “recognise the genocide in Gaza”, deliver full compensation for the “Waspi” women affected by state pension age changes, protect civil liberties and embrace intervention to lower energy bills.

Socialism26 described this programme as “the bare minimum to ensure that the public can see and feel the difference a socialist government makes to their lives.”

Trade Union Group: Bloore is a member of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs executive. This long-standing group, founded in 1926, serves as a link between the Labour party and the trade union movement, aiming to ensure that the voices of working people and their unions are represented in parliament.

Living Standards Coalition: Bloore is a member of the Living Standards Coalition. Established in July 2025, the group’s stated aim was to develop and promote policy ideas that directly reduce everyday costs for households, particularly in areas such as food, energy, housing and childcare. In an open letter published upon its founding, addressed to Keir Starmer, the MPs wrote: “Our constituents will ask one question at the next election: did this Labour government make me better off?”

They added: “To raise living standards, we support government interventions that will help to increase incomes and lower costs.”

Electoral reform

Electoral reform amendment: In May 2026, Bloore was one of over 70 Labour MPs who signed an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, calling on the government to establish a “national commission on electoral reform”. Tabled by Alex Sobel as chair of the fair elections APPG, the amendment aimed to force a rethink of the first past the post voting system.

At the time, Sobel described FPTP as “one of the biggest examples of a broken status quo in UK politics.” He invited colleagues to join this “common sense call to take a fresh look at how parliament is elected in modern Britain.”

Welfare

Welfare vote (July 2025): Bloore expressed criticism of the government’s flagship welfare bill.

In a Westminster Hall debate on 7 May 2025, Bloore described the personal independence payment (PIP) as “a critical aid to supporting people in and out of work to live independent lives.”

He added: “Yes, we have problems and too many people need welfare support, but let us attack the reasons for that rather than simply cutting the financial envelope associated with those services. Let us build a system that reflects the founding principles of the welfare state – compassion and fairness – and that recognises the challenges of the 21st century, but removes the remaining obstacles, making sure that all people can live fulfilling and worthwhile lives.”

He went on to abstain over the bill at second reading. The vote came after ministers agreed to significant concessions to avoid defeat via a mass rebellion of Labour MPs on 1 July 2025.

Assisted dying

Bloore voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Bloore voted in favour of a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Palestine

Palestinian recognition letter (July 2025): In July 2025, Bloore was among the over 254 MPs to sign a cross-party letter calling for the government to immediately recognise the state of Palestine. The letter called on the prime minister and foreign secretary to recognise Palestine at the UN Conference then taking place in New York.

Before Politics

Born in 1983, Bloore has lived in North Worcestershire nearly all his life.

He worked as president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario from May 2021 to December 2023.

Personal Life

Bloore has one son.

In his 2024 maiden speech, he thanked his “beautiful little boy for understanding why Daddy has to go on the train every Monday and disappear when he should really be playing with Hot Wheels.”

Trivia

Bloore is a member of the executive of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs.