About

Born in Torfaen, fighting for Torfaen

It’s a privilege to have represented my home constituency since May 2015 when I was first elected as Member of Parliament for Torfaen. I was born and raised here, attending local schools and it is where my family and I still call home.

Before my election in 2015, I worked as a Tutor/Lecturer in Politics at Oxford University, a practising barrister, and have written three biographies of Labour Politicians, Attlee: A Life in Politics (2010) and Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan (2014) and in September 2022 he published Harold Wilson: The Winner.

After my re-election in 2024, I was subsequently appointed Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Relations).