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Kwasi Kwarteng is a former MP for Spelthorne.

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Former Conservative MP for Spelthorne

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @KwasiKwarteng_
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kwasi Kwarteng campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Department for Transport
• Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood
• Egypt: Politics and Government
• Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
• Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
• Blood: Contamination

Other offices held in the past

• The Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 6 Sep 2022 to 14 Oct 2022)
• The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ( 8 Jan 2021 to 6 Sep 2022)
• The Minister of State, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (24 Jul 2019 to 8 Jan 2021)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (16 Nov 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Finance Committee (Commons) (20 Jul 2015 to 6 Feb 2017)
• Member, Work and Pensions Committee ( 4 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Jul 2013)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Wilshire
• Humphrey Atkins
• Beresford Craddock
• George Pargiter
• Reginald Blaker
• Philip Pilditch

Future MPs in this constituency

• Lincoln Jopp

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Affordable Homes bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Infrastructure Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
• Pension Schemes Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Consumer Rights Bill Committee (14 out of 15)
• FINANCE BILL Committee (16 out of 16)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Mesothelioma Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL Committee (4 out of 4)
• HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (11 out of 13)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (14 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business and Trade: Conditions of Employment 8 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's Response to the Government consultation on measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in contracts of employment, published on 12 May 2023, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory limit of three months on the length of such clauses.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Maternity Services: Complaints 24 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that maternity and neonatal complaints systems are (a) transparent and (b) compassionate for parents.

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Bereavement Counselling: Perinatal Mortality 24 Apr 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that maternity services are reviewing (a) initiatives and (b) services based on the experiences of bereaved parents to ensure high standards of care for all patients in line with national and local guidelines.

More of Kwasi Kwarteng’s recent appearances