Chris Bryant

Sir Chris Bryant
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJulia Lopez
Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJulia 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 MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byThe Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Succeeded byDavid Lidington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byGillian Merron
Succeeded byHenry Bellingham
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
In office
5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byHelen Goodman
Succeeded byBarbara Keeley
Member of Parliament
for Rhondda and Ogmore
Rhondda (2001–2024)
Assumed office
7 June 2001
Preceded byAllan Rogers
Majority7,790 (21.8%)
Committee chairmanships
2020–2023Standards
2020–2022Privileges
2017–2019Finance
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Cabinet
2015–2016Commons Leader
2015–2015Culture, Media and Sport
Shadow Frontbench
2023–2024Creative Industries and Digital
2014–2015Arts
2013–2014Welfare Reform
2011–2013Immigration
2010–2011Political and Constitutional Reform
2010Europe
Personal details
Born
Christopher John Bryant

(1962-01-11) 11 January 1962 (age 62)
Cardiff, Wales
Political partyLabour (1986–present)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (before 1986)
Residence(s)Porth, Rhondda, Wales
EducationCheltenham College
Alma materMansfield College, Oxford (BA)
Ripon College Cuddesdon
Websitechrisbryantmp.org.uk

Sir Christopher John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a British politician and former Anglican priest who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rhondda and Ogmore, and previously Rhondda, since 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms and Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism since 2024.[1][2]

Born in Cardiff, Bryant was privately educated at Cheltenham College before studying English at Mansfield College, Oxford. After graduating with a further degree in theology, he worked as a Church of England priest, as well as having roles at the BBC and Common Purpose. He was elected for Rhondda at the 2001 general election.

He previously served in government as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2008 to 2009 and Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia from 2009 to 2010. Bryant served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Culture Secretary in 2015 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2015 to 2016, before resigning in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2024.