Kevin Brennan (politician)

Kevin Brennan
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2023
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	TBC
Personal details
Born	Kevin Denis Brennan (1959-10-16) 16 October 1959 (age 64) 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 has been Shadow Minister for Victims and Sentencing since September 2023.^[1]