Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth
Brandreth in 2022
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 11 December 1996 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Michael Bates
Succeeded by	Graham Allen
Member of Parliament for City of Chester
In office 9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Peter Morrison
Succeeded by	Christine Russell
Chancellor of the University of Chester
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2017
Preceded by	The Duke of Westminster
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-08) 8 March 1948 (age 76) Wuppertal, Germany
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Michèle Brown ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	3, including Aphra
Relatives	George Robert Sims Benjamin Brandreth Arnold Peters
Residence(s)	Barnes, London, England
Education	New College, Oxford (BA)
Brandreth's voice from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 14 January 2011[1]

Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (born 8 March 1948) is a British broadcaster, writer and former politician. He has worked as a television presenter, theatre producer, journalist, author and publisher.

He was a presenter for TV-am's Good Morning Britain in the 1980s, and has been regularly featured on Channel 4's game show Countdown and the BBC's The One Show. On radio, he makes frequent appearances on the BBC Radio 4 programme Just a Minute.

In 1992, Brandreth was elected to the House of Commons as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Chester constituency. He served until he was defeated in 1997, and resumed his career in the media. He has written both fiction and non-fiction books, and makes appearances as a public speaker.