About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Stephen Kinnock) represents you, and all of the people who live in Aberafan Maesteg, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Aberafan Maesteg

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Aberavon

Social Media

• @skinnock
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Stephen Kinnock campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Ministry of Defence
• Asylum: Rwanda
• Refugees: Afghanistan
• Asylum
• Afghanistan: Refugees
• Asylum: Children

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
• Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (19 Oct 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration) ( 3 Feb 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Jan 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 3 Feb 2022)
• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) ( 2 Sep 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) (10 Apr 2020 to 2 Sep 2020)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, European Statutory Instruments Committee (10 Feb 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (23 Oct 2017 to 8 Jan 2018)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee ( 1 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, European Scrutiny Committee ( 9 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (29 out of 29)
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• National Security and Investment Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (3 out of 13)
• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)
• Investigatory Powers Bill Committee (9 out of 16)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Drugs: Prisons 16 Apr 2025

  People in prison are entitled to the same range and quality of health services as they would receive in the community. NHS England commissions healthcare services across the prison estate, ensuring that healthcare providers can prescribe all medications available to patients in community settings. As a result, topical medications that are prescribable on an NHS prescription are also available...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Neurodiversity: Diagnosis 16 Apr 2025

  The consultation on the Payment Scheme proposed requiring commissioners to set a payment limit for elective services, and all services paid for on an activity basis, based on the value of planned levels of activity. Providers would not be paid for activity above this limit. Following consideration of consultation feedback, this proposal has not been implemented. As in previous years,...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Carers: Energy 16 Apr 2025

  The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. This, combined with our Warm Homes Plan to upgrade millions of homes to make them warmer and cheaper to run, is how we will drive down energy bills and make cold homes a thing of the past. However, we recognise that...

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