The Lord Smith of Finsbury | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport[a] | |
In office 2 May 1997 – 8 June 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Virginia Bottomley |
Succeeded by | Tessa Jowell |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Assumed life peerage 18 July 2005 | |
Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005 | |
Preceded by | George Cunningham |
Succeeded by | Emily Thornberry |
Shadow cabinet portfolios | |
1992–1994 | Environment |
1994–1995 | National Heritage |
1995–1996 | Social Security |
1996–1997 | Health |
Personal details | |
Born | Barnet, United Kingdom | 24 July 1951
Political party | Independent (2008–present)[1] Labour (1979–2008) |
Domestic partner(s) | Dorian Jabri (1989–2012) |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, PhD) Harvard University |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Official website |
Christopher Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, PC (born 24 July 1951) is a British politician and a peer; a former Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister; and former chairman of the Environment Agency. For the majority of his career he was a Labour Party member. He was the first openly gay male British MP, coming out in 1984, and in 2005, the first MP to acknowledge that he is HIV positive.[2][3] Since 2015 he has been Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
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