Thangam Debbonaire

Thangam Debbonaire

British Labour Party politician
Details
Date of Birth
3 August 1966
Age
59
Zodiac sign
Leo
Chinese zodiac
Horse

Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaireis a British Labour Party politician, serving as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons since May 2021.

She was previously the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing from 2020 to 2021. 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. Shortly after being elected, Debbonaire was diagnosed with breast cancer, and did not attend a parliamentary vote from June 2015 until March 2016.

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. She rejoined his frontbench team as a whip in October that year, before being made Shadow Brexit Minister in January 2020.