Kevin Brennan (politician)
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Kevin Brennan MP |
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| Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills | |
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In office 25 September 2015 – 28 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Stephen Doughty |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Cabinet Office | |
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In office 5 October 2008 – 8 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Phil Hope |
| Succeeded by | Angela Smith |
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Member of Parliament for Cardiff West |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Rhodri Morgan |
| Majority | 6,789 (15.5%) |
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16 October 1959 Cwmbran, Wales, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Lynn Wack (1988–present) |
| Children | 1 |
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Pembroke College, Oxford Cardiff University University of South Wales |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website |
Official website Commons website |
Kevin Denis Brennan (born 16 October 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West since 2001, and was a Minister of State at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families before the 2010 general election. His responsibilities included Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs.
He was Shadow Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills until he resigned on 28 June 2016.
Brennan was born in Cwmbran, South Wales, the son of a steelworker and a school dinner lady. He was educated at St Alban's RC High School in Pontypool and Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1982, and was elected President of the Oxford Union in the same year with support from William Hague who preferred Brennan's candidacy over others from the left of the Conservative faction in the Union. After University of Oxford he returned to Wales to study at the University College of Wales, Cardiff where he qualified as a teacher with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in history in 1985. He finished his education with a master's degree in Education Management at the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) in 1992.
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