Kevin Brennan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Brennan
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 16, 1959(1959-10-16)
Age	65
Birthplace	Cwmbran
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Cwmbran
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kevin Brennan Biography

Kevin Brennan is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 16, 1959 in Cwmbran, Cwmbran, United Kingdom. Kevin Denis Brennan (born 16 October 1959) is a British Labour Party politician who was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiff West in 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.

Following Rhodri Morgan’s decision to step down as the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West in order to concentrate on being the First Minister of Wales, Brennan was selected as the Labour candidate for the constituency and became the MP for Cardiff West at the 2001 general election. In 2002, he appeared in the House of Commons without a tie, as he favours a less formal dress code.

In July 2002, the steel manufacturer Allied Steel and Wire (ASW) entered receivership and many of their employees were told they would not receive their full company pensions because of a fund shortfall. Mr Brennan, who had many former workers of Allied Steel & Wire as constituents, tabled an early day motion in the Commons in November calling for compensation and threatened to table an amendment to the Pensions Bill if the government did not offer any help. After Brennan carried out his threat to table the amendment, The Independent newspaper reported that Tony Blair faced the “biggest backbench rebellion” of his career. Ultimately, Brennan was successful. The BBC said he was “instrumental in extracting the government’s commitment to establish a £400 million fund to provide compensation for workers who lost their pensions when their firms went bankrupt”.

After the 2005 general election, he was promoted to Tony Blair’s government as an Assistant Government Whip. In June 2007, Blair’s successor, Gordon Brown, appointed Brennan as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families in the new Department for Children, Schools and Families, replacing Parmjit Dhanda. Brennan was replaced in this role by Lady Morgan following the government reshuffle in October 2008. He was moved to the Cabinet Office before being promoted in 2009, becoming the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs with responsibilities in both the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Following the 2010 General Election, he continued this role in a Shadow Ministerial capacity before Ed Miliband’s decision to appoint Brennan to the position of Shadow Minister for Schools.

Brennan has been married to Amy Lynn Wack since 1988; the couple have one daughter. Brennan supports Cardiff City Football Club and the Cardiff Blues rugby team. He is also a member of a parliamentary rock band MP4 with fellow politicians Ian Cawsey, Pete Wishart and Greg Knight. They have helped to raise over £1 million for charity as well as releasing an album and an EP. They are currently the house band on the television show Unspun with Matt Forde.

Kevin Brennan Net Worth

Kevin Brennan is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Brennan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1982, Brennan joined the Cwmbran Community Press as a journalist. He joined the National Union of Teachers in 1984 before becoming a teacher at Radyr Comprehensive School in 1985. He left the school in 1994 as Head of the Economics Department. Between 1991–2001, Brennan was a member of Cardiff Council representing the ward of Canton, Cardiff. During this time he served as Chair of the Finance Committee, Chair of the Economic Scrutiny Committee and Vice-Chair of Economic Development.

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 those 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.

In 2002 Kevin Brennan appeared in the House of Commons without a tie and called for Westminster to have “dress down” Thursdays pointing out that Billy Bragg had complained Parliamentarians gave a “besuited image that’s male, pale and stale”. It provoked jeers from Conservative MPs. Michael Fabricant was so incensed he made a point of order to the speaker. The Speaker, Michael Martin, agreed with Fabricant and Brennan was forced to leave the chamber to retrieve a tie from his office.

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Who is Kevin Brennan Dating?

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Brennan was made Shadow Minister for Trade, Investment, and Intellectual Property by Jeremy Corbyn in September 2015, with responsibility for, among others, low carbon business sectors, manufacturing, construction, trade, and intellectual property. He resigned from this position on 28 June 2016, following a motion of no confidence in Corbyn which was passed overwhelmingly by Labour MPs. He supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

Facts & Trivia

Kevin Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kevin Brennan celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.

On 12 December 2019, Brennan was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West.

Top Facts about Kevin Brennan

1. Kevin Denis Brennan is a Welsh Labour politician and Member of Parliament for Cardiff West since 2001.
2. He is the son of a steelworker and a school dinner lady.
3. Graduated in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford 1982.
4. He has held several junior ministerial offices from 2006 to 2009.
5. In 2010 he became the first MP to win the British Computer Society’s (BCS) Social Media MP of the Year Award.
6. Elected President of the Oxford Union in 1982 with support from William Hague.
7. Was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Young People and Families in 2007.
8. In 2009, he became Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs.
9. Tabled an Early Day motion in the House of Commons in 2002 to secure compensation for workers of Allied Steel & Wire
10. Appeared in the House of Commons without a tie and called for a dress- down Thursdays in July 2002
11. Supported Lisa Nandy in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election
12. Led a campaign with Billy Bragg to lift a blanket ban on prisoners having access to guitars in 2014
13. Was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West in December 2019
14. Released his first solo album in 2021 titled The Clown and the Cigarette Girl
15. Put together the Friends of Jo Cox in 2016 to record a charity single to raise money for the Jo Cox Foundation

Are Neal and Kevin Brennan related?

Early life. Brennan was born in Chicago to an Irish Catholic family and has nine siblings. The family also lived in Philadelphia. His youngest brother is Neal Brennan , comedian and co-creator of Chappelle’s Show.

Who is Kevin Brennan's brother?

Neal Brennan