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Chris Ward

Democratic

State Assembly · Assembly District 78

In office
2020–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

The supplied record identifies Christopher David Ward as a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven since 2024. It does not identify him as the assemblymember for Assembly District 78.

Parliamentary Record

Ward was selected as Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven following Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s suspension from the Labour Party. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office in 2025.

Limits of the Record

The supplied material does not provide a history of Assembly District 78 or document legislation, votes, constituent work or policy initiatives by an Assembly District 78 representative. It therefore cannot support a profile of that district’s policymaker.

Closing Assessment

On the documented record, no assessment can be made of what an Assembly District 78 policymaker is known for or whose interests that policymaker serves. Such an assessment would require material identifying and documenting the representative of Assembly District 78.

Record of service
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 78 · 2020–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

The supplied record identifies Christopher David Ward as a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven since 2024. It does not identify him as the assemblymember for Assembly District 78.

Parliamentary Record

Ward was selected as Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven following Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s suspension from the Labour Party. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office in 2025.

Limits of the Record

The supplied material does not provide a history of Assembly District 78 or document legislation, votes, constituent work or policy initiatives by an Assembly District 78 representative. It therefore cannot support a profile of that district’s policymaker.

Closing Assessment

On the documented record, no assessment can be made of what an Assembly District 78 policymaker is known for or whose interests that policymaker serves. Such an assessment would require material identifying and documenting the representative of Assembly District 78.

The record

4,596 events, each with its source
Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1793

Cash payments: calculation.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1803

Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1807

Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1813

Electricity: customer renewable energy subscription program.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 132

Rare Disease Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1755

CalWORKS.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1761

Electricity: calculation methodology: data disclosure.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1775

Veterans.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 998

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 1005

Local agency: payment: rounding amount.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 83

Relative to Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 82

Relative to Japanese American concentration camps.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 84

Relative to condemning racism.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 106

SB 106 Laird Senate Third Reading By Gabriel Amend By TANGIPA Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY

VoteYea
Voted Yea on SB 106

SB 106 Laird Senate Third Reading By Gabriel

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AR 84

HR 84 BRYAN Assembly Third Reading

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1729

State employment: telework programs.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1739

Crimes: sexual exploitation: clergy.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AR 81

Relative to Women’s History Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 130

Sylvia Mendez Day.

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AR 77

HR 77 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

VoteYea
Voted Yea on ACR 127

ACR 127 Muratsuchi Consent Calendar Second Day

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AJR 25

AJR 25 BONTA Assembly Third Reading

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1719

Gaming: work permits: suspension.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1675

Corporation Tax Law: tax expenditures: No Tax Breaks for ICE Contractors Act of 2026.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 1684

Common interest developments: cooling systems.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 947

Employment: automated decision systems.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 954

California Environmental Quality Act: advanced manufacturing facilities: exemption.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 934

Sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AJR 25

Health care coverage: enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.

VoteAbsent
Voted Absent on AB 292

AB 292 Patterson Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 375

AB 375 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 442

AB 442 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 464

AB 464 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 501

AB 501 Papan Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 634

AB 634 Jeff Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 683

AB 683 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 713

AB 713 Solache Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 739

AB 739 Jackson Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 762

AB 762 Irwin Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 763

AB 763 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 910

AB 910 Bonta Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 939

AB 939 Schultz Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1049

AB 1049 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading By JACKSON

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1080

AB 1080 Bryan Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1126

AB 1126 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1153

AB 1153 Bonta Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1165

AB 1165 Gipson Assembly Third Reading By WICKS

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1171

AB 1171 Patel Assembly Third Reading

VoteYea
Voted Yea on AB 1198

AB 1198 Haney Assembly Third Reading