Kevin Brennan (politician)

Kevin Brennan
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing
In office
5 September 2023 – 5 May 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byAnna McMorrin
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs
In office
9 June 2009 – 6 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJohn Hayes
Minister for the Third Sector
In office
5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byPhil Hope
Succeeded byAngela Smith
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families
In office
29 June 2007 – 5 October 2008
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byParmjit Dhanda
Succeeded byThe Baroness Morgan of Drefelin
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byJoan Ryan
Succeeded bySteve McCabe
Member of Parliament
for Cardiff West
In office
7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byRhodri Morgan
Succeeded byAlex Barros-Curtis
Personal details
Born
Kevin Denis Brennan

(1959-10-16) 16 October 1959 (age 65)
Cwmbran, Wales, UK
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Amy Lynn Wack
(m. 1988)
Children1
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
Cardiff University
University of South Wales
WebsiteOfficial website

Kevin Denis Brennan (born 16 October 1959) is a Welsh Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West from 2001 to 2024. He served as a Minister of State at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families from 2009 to 2010. Brennan held several junior ministerial offices from 2006 to 2009 at the Treasury, Cabinet Office and Department for Children, Schools and Families. In opposition, he served in various shadow ministerial positions from 2010 to 2020 as a Shadow Minister for BIS, Education, and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). He was Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing between September 2023 and his retirement from frontline politics at the 2024 election.[1]

  1. ^ "Meet our Shadow Cabinet". The Labour Party. Retrieved 9 September 2023.