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
• Asylum: Children
• Afghanistan: Refugees

Currently held offices

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

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Mental Health Bill [HL] Committee ( 9 Jun 2025 to 24 Jun 2025)
• 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)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• 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

• Rare Cancers Bill: Clause 1 - Review of law on marketing authorisations 11 Jul 2025

  I again congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur). It is a huge achievement for a colleague who has only served in this place for just over a year to have got a Bill this far. I thank hon. Members across the House who have spoken in the debate so powerfully and movingly, as well as all those who sat on the Bill Committee. We welcome effective scrutiny from...

• Rare Cancers Bill: Clause 1 - Review of law on marketing authorisations 11 Jul 2025

  I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for bringing this Bill before the House, and I congratulate him on getting it to Report. Amendment 1 allows amendment 2 to be inserted into the Bill. Amendment 2 would require the Secretary of State, having carried out the review described in clause 1, to set out a timetable for implementing changes to the law...

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Water Supply: Fluoride 10 Jul 2025

  Water fluoridation is an evidence based, effective public health intervention for improving the oral health of children and adults. The 2022 Health Monitoring Report showed that five-year-olds were less likely to experience dental caries, and less likely to experience caries of high severity, in areas with a fluoridation scheme. Further information is available at the following link:...

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