Thomas Watson is a British Labour Party politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2019 and Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2016 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019 and Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues at the Cabinet Office from 2008 to 2009. In March 2020, he was appointed Chairman of UK Music