Chris Bryant

Sir Chris Bryant MP
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Julia Lopez
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Julia Lopez (Creative Industries and Tourism) The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Arts)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia
In office 13 October 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Succeeded by	David Lidington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Gillian Merron
Succeeded by	Henry Bellingham
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Helen Goodman
Succeeded by	Barbara Keeley
Member of Parliament for Rhondda and Ogmore Rhondda (2001–2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Allan Rogers
Majority	7,790 (21.8%)
Committee chairmanships Shadow portfolios Shadow Cabinet Shadow Frontbench Personal details Born Christopher John Bryant (1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 Cardiff, Wales Political party Labour (1986–present) Other political affiliations Conservative (before 1986) Residence Porth, Rhondda, Wales Education Cheltenham College Alma mater Mansfield College, Oxford (BA) Ripon College Cuddesdon Website chrisbryantmp.org.uk Sir Christopher John "Chris" Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda since the 2001 general election and most recently the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons until resigning on 26 June 2016. He was previously the Shadow Minister for the Arts, Minister of State for Europe, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Bryant is openly gay. References Other websites Chris Bryant MP Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine official constituency website Chris Bryant MP on Twitter Chris Bryant MP Archived 2016-02-08 at the Wayback Machine Welsh Labour Party profile Column archive at The Guardian Chris Bryant, Minister for Europe, London Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine archived Foreign Office(FCO) blog Teenage Mums Archived 2008-05-30 at the Wayback Machine an online pamphlet by Chris Bryant MP Works by or about Chris Bryant in libraries (WorldCat catalog) http://mpsallowances.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/hocallowances/allowances-by-mp/chris-bryant/