Kevin Brennan | |
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Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing | |
In office 5 September 2023 – 5 May 2024 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Anna McMorrin |
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs | |
In office 9 June 2009 – 6 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | John Hayes |
Minister for the Third Sector | |
In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Phil Hope |
Succeeded by | Angela Smith |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families | |
In office 29 June 2007 – 5 October 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Parmjit Dhanda |
Succeeded by | The Baroness Morgan of Drefelin |
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
In office 5 May 2006 – 28 June 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Joan Ryan |
Succeeded by | Steve McCabe |
Member of Parliament for Cardiff West | |
In office 7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Rhodri Morgan |
Succeeded by | Alex Barros-Curtis |
Personal details | |
Born | Kevin Denis Brennan 16 October 1959 Cwmbran, Wales, UK |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Amy Lynn Wack (m. 1988) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford Cardiff University University of South Wales |
Website | Official 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]