Chris Bryant

**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.

## Other websites

- Chris Bryant MP  _official constituency website_
- Chris Bryant MP on Twitter
- Chris Bryant MP  Welsh Labour Party profile
- Column archive at _The Guardian_
- Chris Bryant, Minister for Europe, London  archived Foreign Office(FCO) blog
- Teenage Mums  an online pamphlet by Chris Bryant MP
- http://mpsallowances.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/hocallowances/allowances-by-mp/chris-bryant/

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **subterm**: 2020–2023
- **suboffice**: Commons Select Committee on Standards, Standards
- **subterm1**: 2020–2022
- **suboffice1**: Commons Select Committee of Privileges, Privileges
- **subterm2**: 2017–2019
- **suboffice2**: Finance Committee (House of Commons), Finance


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office**: Shadow Cabinet
- **suboffice**: Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, Commons Leader
- **subterm**: 2015–2016
- **suboffice1**: Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Culture, Media and Sport
- **subterm1**: 2015–2015
- **office2**: Frontbencher, Shadow Frontbench
- **subterm2**: 2023–2024
- **suboffice2**: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Creative Industries and Digital
- **subterm3**: 2014–2015
- **suboffice3**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Arts
- **subterm4**: 2013–2014
- **suboffice4**: Department for Work and Pensions, Welfare Reform
- **subterm5**: 2011–2013
- **suboffice5**: Minister of State for Immigration, Immigration
- **subterm6**: 2010–2011
- **suboffice6**: Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), Political and Constitutional Reform
- **subterm7**: 2010
- **suboffice7**: Minister of State for Europe, Europe


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Sir Chris Bryant
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Chris Bryant MP July 2024 Official portrait (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **office4**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia
- **primeminister4**: Gordon Brown
- **term start4**: 13 October 2009
- **term end4**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor4**: The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
- **successor4**: David Lidington
- **office5**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- **primeminister5**: Gordon Brown
- **term start5**: 9 June 2009
- **term end5**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor5**: Gillian Merron
- **successor5**: Henry Bellingham
- **office6**: Leader of the House of Commons, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- **primeminister6**: Gordon Brown
- **term start6**: 5 October 2008
- **term end6**: 9 June 2009
- **predecessor6**: Helen Goodman
- **successor6**: Barbara Keeley
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Rhondda and Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda and Ogmore

- **term start7**: 7 June 2001
- **predecessor7**: Allan Rogers
- **majority7**: 7,790 (21.8%)
- **birth name**: Christopher John Bryant
- **birth place**: Cardiff, Wales
- **residence**: Porth, Rhondda, Wales
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour (1986–present)
- **education**: Cheltenham College
- **otherparty**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative (before 1986)
- **alma mater**: Mansfield College, Oxford (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
Ripon College Cuddesdon
- **office**: Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms
- **term start**: 8 July 2024
- **primeminister**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor**: Julia Lopez (politician), Julia Lopez
- **office1**: Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries, Minister of State for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism
- **termstart1**: 8 July 2024
- **primeminister1**: Keir Starmer
- **predecessor1**: Julia Lopez (politician), Julia Lopez (Creative Industries and Tourism)
Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay, The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Arts)