About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Kevin Hollinrake) represents you, and all of the people who live in Thirsk and Malton, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton

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

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @kevinhollinrake
• https://facebook.com/kevin.hollinrake

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Kevin Hollinrake campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
• Jonathan Taylor
• Financial Services: Misrepresentation
• Business: Coronavirus
• Urinary Tract Infections

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (26 Mar 2024 to 5 Jul 2024)
• Member, Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) Committee (13 Mar 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Jun 2023 to 11 Jul 2023)
• Member, Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee ( 1 Mar 2023 to 8 Mar 2023)
• Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) ( 7 Feb 2023 to 26 Mar 2024)
• Member, Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (30 Nov 2022 to 7 Dec 2022)
• Member, Carer’s Leave Bill Committee ( 2 Nov 2022 to 9 Nov 2022)
• Member, Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee ( 1 Nov 2022 to 2 Nov 2022)
• Member, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (31 Oct 2022 to 29 Nov 2022)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (27 Oct 2022 to 7 Feb 2023)
• Member, Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (20 Jul 2022 to 7 Sep 2022)
• Member, Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 21 Nov 2022)
• Member, Treasury Committee Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations (20 Jun 2022 to 20 Jun 2022)
• Member, Treasury Committee (14 Dec 2021 to 21 Nov 2022)
• Member, Subsidy Control Bill Committee (20 Oct 2021 to 18 Nov 2021)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 24 Nov 2015)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (13 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Anne McIntosh
• John Spence
• Robin Turton
• Edmund Turton
• Helmsley
• John Lawson
• Lewis Dawnay

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Carer’s Leave Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
• Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill Committee (15 out of 19)
• Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)

Recent appearances

• Farming and Food Security 8 Oct 2024

  The Secretary of State is right to say that farmers are a very important part of the community. His leader, the Prime Minister, said to the NFU last year that solar farms should not be created by taking advantage of tenant farmers. This is a live issue in my constituency and many others where tenant farmers will be deprived of their livelihood by new solar farms. Will he stand by that...

• Farming and Food Security 8 Oct 2024

  I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way a second time. He talks about the importance to communities of farmers, particularly intergenerational farmers. We understand that consideration is being given to withdrawing agricultural property relief in the Budget at the end of October. Will he confirm that that will not happen? If it did, it would be the end of intergenerational...

• Farming and Food Security 8 Oct 2024

  The Secretary of State is right to say that farmers are a very important part of the community. His leader, the Prime Minister, said to the NFU last year that solar farms should not be created by taking advantage of tenant farmers. This is a live issue in my constituency and many others where tenant farmers will be deprived of their livelihood by new solar farms. Will he stand by that...

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