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Thangam Debbonaire
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by
Stephen Williams
Majority
28,219 (37.4%)
Personal details
Born
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Singh
(1966-08-03) 3 August 1966 (age 57) Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Political party
Labour
Spouse
Kevin Walton
Alma mater
University of Oxford University of Bristol
Website
Official website
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire (néeSingh, 3 August 1966)[1] is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since 2023.[2] A member of the Labour Party, 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 elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West at the 2015 general election, when she defeated the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams.[3]
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.[4] She rejoined his frontbench team as a whip in October that year,[5] before being made Shadow Brexit Minister in January 2020.[6]
^Thangam Debbonaire (2015). "CURRICULUM VITAE – Thangam Rachel Debbonaire". Democracy Club. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^"Labour reshuffle live: Angela Rayner gets new role as Keir Starmer reshuffles team". BBC News. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^"Bristol West – 2015 Election Results". geo.digiminster.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
^"My resignation from the shadow front bench". Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
^Slawson, Nicola (12 October 2016). "Thangam Debbonaire returns to Labour's frontbench". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^Rogers, Alexandra (7 January 2020). "Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire promoted to Labour frontbench with Brexit role". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
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