:Jayne Bryant
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{{short description|Welsh Labour politician and Member of the Senedd for Newport West}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Jayne Bryant
| honorific-suffix = MS
| image = Official photograph of Jayne Bryant MS Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Portrait) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government{{efn|Planning was included in Bryant's portfolio from July 2024 to September 2024}}
| term_end =
| firstminister = Vaughan Gething
Eluned Morgan
| predecessor = Julie James
| office2 = Minister for Mental Health and Early Years
| firstminister2 = Vaughan Gething
| predecessor2 = Lynne Neagle
| successor2 = Sarah Murphy
| term_start2 = 21 March 2024
| term_end2 = 17 July 2024
| office3 = Member of the Senedd
for Newport West
| assembly3 = Welsh
| term_start3 = 7 May 2016
| term_end3 =
| majority3 = 3,906 (13.2%)
| predecessor3 = Dame Rosemary Butler
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| birth_place = Newport, Wales
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| nationality = Welsh
| spouse =
| party = Welsh Labour
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| residence = Newport, Wales
| alma_mater = Keele University
| occupation =
| profession = Politician
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Jayne Bryant is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government since July 2024. Since May 2016 she has represented Newport West in the Senedd.
Background
Bryant was born in the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. She attended St Julian's Comprehensive School and completed her studies at Keele University, graduating with a degree in History and Politics.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/jane-bryant-targets-seat-seat-5711399|title=Jayne Bryant targets seat at the European Parliament|last=Shipton|first=Martin|date=2013-08-13|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-10-30}}
Political career
She contested the Wales European Parliament constituency as the second-place candidate on the Labour list in 2014, but was not elected. She was subsequently selected as the Labour candidate for Newport West for the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11665952.Jayne_Bryant_chosen_as_Labour_candidate_for_Newport_West_seat/?ref=mc|title=Jayne Bryant chosen as Labour candidate for Newport West seat|work=South Wales Argus}} and was re-elected in at the 2021 Senedd election.{{cite web|url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/14475471.ASSEMBLY_ELECTION_2016__Labour_retains_Newport_West/|title=ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2016: Labour retains Newport West|work=South Wales Argus}} She chaired the Senedd's Standards of Conduct committee from 2016 to 2021.{{Cite web |title=Jayne Bryant MS |url=https://senedd.wales/people/jayne-bryant-ms/ |access-date=27 July 2024 |website=senedd.wales}}
In 2017 she was one of the founders of the Purple Plaques scheme of public markers for remarkable women who lived in Wales.{{cite news |last1=Mosalski |first1=Ruth |title=Purple plaques bid is launched to mark women's contribution to Welsh life |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/purple-plaques-bid-launched-mark-12707091 |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=Wales Online |date=8 March 2017}}
Bryant supported Mark Drakeford in the 2018 Welsh Labour leadership election.{{Cite news |date=2018-07-04 |title=Welsh Labour leadership: Ken Skates rules himself out |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-44713749 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
In December 2023, Jayne became the Co-Chair of Vaughan Gething's Welsh Labour leadership campaign alongside Ken Skates MS.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-14 |title=Vaughan Gething announces Welsh first minister bid |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-67716021 |access-date=2023-12-21}} She was appointed Minister for Mental Health and Early Years in the Gething government on 21 May 2024.{{Cite news |last=Mosalski |first=Ruth |date=21 March 2024 |title=Live updates as Vaughan Gething confirms his cabinet appointments in first full day in Wales' top job |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-updates-vaughan-gething-confirms-28859505 |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=WalesOnline}} After Gething stood down on 17 July 2024, Bryant was promoted to the role of Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, replacing Julie James, who had stood down to call for Gething's resignation.{{Cite news |last=McKeon |first=Christopher |date=17 July 2024 |title=Vaughan Gething reshuffles Welsh Labour top team after resignations |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/first-minister-vaughan-gething-welsh-labour-chief-whip-senedd-b2581591.html |access-date=22 July 2024 |work=The Independent}} Under Gething's successor, Eluned Morgan, as first minister, Bryant retained the role through August, but lost the planning portfolio in Morgan's September 2024 reshuffle.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Welsh government reshuffle: Miles back as minister after ousting Gething |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9lm4vr0meo |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
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