About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Matthew Pennycook) represents you, and all of the people who live in Greenwich and Woolwich, 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 Greenwich and Woolwich

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social
• @mtpennycook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Matthew Pennycook campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Department for Transport
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Treasury
• Members: Correspondence
• Part-time Employment: EU Law
• Energy: Meters
• Clean Growth Ministerial Group
• Housing: Construction

Currently held offices

• Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (since 9 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee (24 Apr 2025 to 22 May 2025)
• Member, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (16 Oct 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) ( 6 Jul 2024 to 9 Jul 2024)
• Member, Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 Jan 2024 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Renters (Reform) Bill Committee ( 8 Nov 2023 to 28 Nov 2023)
• Member, Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] Committee (23 Nov 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Member, Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (15 Jun 2022 to 20 Oct 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 25 Nov 2021)
• Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (10 Apr 2020 to 4 Dec 2021)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
• Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union) ( 9 Oct 2016 to 25 Sep 2019)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Nick Raynsford

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Renters’ Rights Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Renters (Reform) Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Committee (26 out of 27)
• Social Housing (Regulation) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (2 out of 11)
• Energy BILL Committee (7 out of 14)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing 12 Jun 2025

  The Department welcomes the Housing Ombudsman’s report on Hackney Council, published on 22 May 2025, and takes its findings seriously. Issuing such reports is part of the Housing Ombudsman Services’ role in using insights from individual cases to identify systemic issues and drive improvements in landlords’ complaint handling and service delivery. The Ombudsman has issued orders and...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Planning: Bank Services and Postal Services 12 Jun 2025

  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 23red: Contracts 12 Jun 2025

  The New Towns Taskforce delivered a series of public engagement events in existing new towns to understand from those with lived experience the legacy of the post-war new towns. 23 RED Limited provided event management services for these events. Findings from the public engagement events will be used in the Taskforce’s Final Report, due to be submitted to ministers this summer.

More of Matthew Pennycook’s recent appearances

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