Brian Gibbons FRCGP (born 25 August 1950) is a medical doctor who was the Labour Party Assembly Member for Aberavon from May 1999 to May 2011.

Born in Dublin, a son of the former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, Hugh Gibbons, he was raised in County Roscommon Ireland, and moved to Yorkshire in 1976 to train as a general medical practitioner in Calderdale.

[4] In April 1999, Gibbons was selected as the Labour party candidate for the Aberavon constituency in the new National Assembly for Wales.

[7] In August 2003, Gibbons, alongside labour colleague John Griffiths, wrote a submission to the Richard Commission supporting further powers for the Welsh Assembly.

[11] He faced pressure to adopt similar systems to those used for the English health service, particularly from Wales Secretary Peter Hain,[12][13][14] and in March 2005 adopted a target for treatment waiting times of no waits longer than six months by 2009.