Chris Bryant

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Chris Bryant

Christopher John Bryant (born January 11, 1962 in Cardiff ) is a British politician and member of the Labor Party member of the British Parliament for the constituency of Rhondda in Wales .

education

Chris Bryant was born in Cardiff. He attended Cheltenham College and Mansfield College , Oxford , where he received his bachelor's degree in English and his master 's degree in 1983 . Bryant then studied for the office of Anglican priest in the Church of England at Ripon College , Cuddesdon in Oxfordshire . There he obtained a degree in theology. Although he was already a member of the Conservative Party , Bryant switched to the Labor Party in 1986 and left Oxford. From 1986 he served as a curate at the Church of All Saints in High Wycombe and from 1989 as Youth Chaplain in Peterborough .

Labor Party

In 1991, Bryant changed his professional environment and worked as a member of the Labor Party in Holborn and St Pancras Constituency , where he supported Labor politician Frank Dobson in the 1992 elections. From 1993 he was Local Government Officer for the Labor Party and lived in Hackney . Bryant was elected to Hackney Borough Council in 1993, where he served until 1998. In 1993, Bryant became chairman of the Christian Socialist Movement . Bryant is also a member of the Labor Friends of Israel lobby group.

In 1996 he became an author and wrote biographies on Stafford Cripps and Glenda Jackson . Bryant was a candidate for Labor Party in Wycombe in the 1997 elections and from 1998 Head of European Affairs for the BBC .

MP

Bryant was elected as a Member of the British Parliament for the Rhondda constituency. Bryant is a Christian socialist , member of the Fabian Society , Amnesty International and the Amicus organization . Bryant is a strong supporter of British membership of the European Union, an opponent of drug legalization, an opponent of fox hunting and a proponent of a democratically elected House of Lords .

From 2005 to June 2006, Bryant was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Charlie Falconer .

Bryant supported the protests by Burberry workers against the closure of a factory in Treorchy, Wales and the relocation of 310 jobs to China.

Bryant applied in the election as Speaker of the House of Commons 2019 to succeed John Bercow as Speaker of the British House of Commons , but was defeated in the fourth ballot to Lindsay Hoyle .

Private life

Bryant has been married to Jared Cranney since March 28, 2010. His private life was discussed by the British press when his website on the chat portal Gaydar was published.

Works by Bryant

  • 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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chris Bryant bids to be new Commons Speaker . September 10, 2019 ( bbc.com [accessed October 13, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Advocate: Parliament Hosts Civil Partnership Ceremony ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.advocate.com
  3. ↑ Article in BBC
personal data
SURNAME Bryant, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bryant, Christopher John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Cardiff