Jayne Bryant

Jayne Bryant is a Welsh Labour Party politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government, and Planning 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.

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 and she retained the seat for Labour In the 2021 Senedd election. In 2017 she was one of the founders of the Purple Plaques scheme of public markers for remarkable women who lived in Wales.

In December 2023, Jayne became the Co-Chair of Vaughan Gething's Welsh Labour leadership campaign alongside Ken Skates MS.