Chris Bryant
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Christopher John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a Labour MP for Rhondda Valley since 2001. In Government he was Minister for Europe and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He backed David Milliband's unsuccessful campaign to become the leader of the Labour Party. In opposition he is Shadow Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform.
Chris Bryant was the first person to hold his civil partnership, to Jared Cranney, in the Houses of Parliament when Gordon Brown was Prime Minister.[1]
He was listed number 17 in the 2011 Pride Power List, 21 in the Independent on Sunday's 2011 Pink List, and 33 in the World Pride Power List 2012.
Publications
- Glenda Jackson: The Biography by Chris Bryant, 1999, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-255911-0
- Stafford Cripps: The First Modern Chancellor by Chris Bryant, 1997, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, ISBN 0-340-67892-5
- Possible Dreams: Personal History of the British Christian Socialists by Chris Bryant, 1996, Hodder & Stoughton Religious, ISBN 0-340-64201-7
References
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/18/chris-bryant-gay-mp-civil-partnership Stephen Moss, The Guardian "Chris Bryant: 'I don't think of myself as a gay MP'" 18 March 2010
