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.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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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
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

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

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Question 12 May 2025

  It is vital that our social security system, including PIP, is sustainable now and into the future. That is why we are reforming the system, so we protect those who can never work and so that those who can work get the help they need and deserve – including by investing an additional £1 billion in our new Pathways to Work employment programme.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Disability 12 May 2025

  It is vital that workplaces are inclusive so disabled people have the same opportunities to get work, stay in work and progress in their careers. That is why I have asked Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former boss of John Lewis, to lead an independent review into what more employers and Government can do together to support disabled people in work. His interim review was published last month,...

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Disability 12 May 2025

  Disabled people in Southport deserve the same choices and chances to work as anyone else. That is why we will transform support for disabled people who can work to get the jobs they want and deserve, including by investing an additional £1 billion a year through our Pathways to work employment programme.

More of Liz Kendall’s recent appearances

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