About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Liz Kendall) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leicester West, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Leicester West

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @leicesterliz
• https://facebook.com/groups/238615108278

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Liz Kendall campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department of Health
• Health
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Hospitals: Discharges
• Care Homes
• Social Services: Finance
• Health Services
• Asthma

Currently held offices

• The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (27 Mar 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Health) (Care and Older People) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Health) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Patricia Hewitt
• Greville Janner
• Barnett Janner
• Harold Nicolson
• Ernest Pickering
• Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
• Alfred Hill
• Joseph Green

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Care Bill Committee (15 out of 15)
• Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)

Recent appearances

• Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report 17 Dec 2024

  I welcome the overall tone of the hon. Lady’s comments. I am glad that she is finally considering her party’s response to the ombudsman’s report, and I am sure that the whole House looks forward to its detailed response to the findings and recommendations, which were not provided when the Conservatives were in Government. I am sorry that the hon. Lady still fails to take responsibility...

• Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report 17 Dec 2024

  I can assure my hon. Friend’s constituents in Clwyd North that we want to learn all the lessons from the maladministration that we accept took place. We have to get people timely, effective and personal communication, and not just about their state pension age but about all aspects of pensions, so that they can properly plan for their retirement. The Pensions Minister and I will go through...

• Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report 17 Dec 2024

  I gently say to the hon. Gentleman, who I know was not in the House at the time, that the decision to accelerate the increase in the state pension age in 2011 was taken by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government. It was that which angered and annoyed many women and led to the WASPI campaign. We accept that there was a 28-month delay in sending out letters and we apologise...

More of Liz Kendall’s recent appearances

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