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.

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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
• Right to Buy Scheme
• Housing: Construction

Currently held offices

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

Other offices held in the past

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

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Examination of witnesses 24 Apr 2025

  Q Thank you all for coming to give evidence. This is a question for Richard, but I am sure the other two witnesses have views, assuming that you share some of the concerns that have just been outlined. Richard, you will know that we do not accept that development has to come at the expense of nature. We are very much targeting a win-win solution when it comes to development and the...

• Public Bill Committee: Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Examination of witnesses 24 Apr 2025

  That is a very clear elaboration. On the Natural England point—on the mitigation hierarchy?

• Public Bill Committee: Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Examination of witnesses 24 Apr 2025

  Q I want to be really clear, because this is important, given what we are asking Natural England to do. Without causing any tension between you and Marian Spain, do you disagree that, as she put it, “the Bill effectively maintains the mitigation hierarchy”?

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