Thangam Debbonaire
The Baroness Debbonaire | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
| In office 4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Lucy Powell |
| Succeeded by | Julia Lopez |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 9 May 2021 – 4 September 2023 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Valerie Vaz |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Housing | |
| In office 6 April 2020 – 9 May 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | John Healey |
| Succeeded by | Lucy Powell |
| Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union | |
| In office 7 January 2020 – 4 April 2020 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Jenny Chapman |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Shadow Minister for Arts and Heritage | |
| In office 14 January 2016 – 27 June 2016 | |
| Leader | Jeremy Corbyn |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Brennan |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2025 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Bristol West | |
| In office 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Williams |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Singh 3 August 1966 Peterborough, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Kevin Walton |
| Education | |
| Website | Official website |
Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, Baroness Debbonaire (née Singh; born 3 August 1966) is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West between 2015 and 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2023 until 2024. She was previously Shadow Secretary of State for Housing from 2020 to 2021 and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2021 to 2023.
She was appointed shadow Arts and Culture Minister in January 2016, but resigned the following June 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.
In the 2024 general election, Debbonaire ran in Bristol Central (which largely replaced Bristol West following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies) but lost to Carla Denyer of the Green Party.
In December 2024, it was announced that Debbonaire had been made a Life Peer.