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Thangam Debbonaire | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
Assumed office 4 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Lucy Powell |
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
In office 9 May 2021 – 4 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Valerie Vaz |
Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
Shadow Secretary of State for Housing | |
In office 6 April 2020 – 9 May 2021 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | John Healey |
Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union | |
In office 7 January 2020 – 4 April 2020 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Jenny Chapman |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Shadow Minister for Arts and Heritage | |
In office 14 January 2016 – 27 June 2016 | |
Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Kevin Brennan |
Member of Parliament for Bristol West | |
In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Williams |
Majority | 28,219 (37.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Singh 3 August 1966 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Kevin Walton |
Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Bristol |
Website | Official website |
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire (née Singh, 3 August 1966)[1] is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West since 2015. She has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since 2023.[2] She was previously Shadow Secretary of State for Housing from 2020 to 2021 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2021 to 2023.
She was appointed shadow Arts and Culture Minister in January 2016, but resigned on 27 June 2016 owing to her lack of confidence in the Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn.[3] She rejoined his frontbench team as a whip in October that year,[4] before being made Shadow Brexit Minister in January 2020.[5]
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