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
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Cabinet Office
• Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
• Local Government: Reorganisation
• Housing: Construction
• Local Government Finance
• Local Government: Elections

Currently held offices

• Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (since 5 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• 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)
• 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)
• Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Carer’s Leave Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Subsidy Control Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• 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)
• Fisheries Bill Committee (10 out of 11)
• Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Driving Instructors (Registration) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: National Housing Bank 18 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 18 June 2025 on National Housing Bank and new capital grant funding, HCWS712, over what period the £5 billion of new capital grant funding applies; and how much equivalent funding was provided in the last Parliament.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Finance 18 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60935 on Affordable Housing: Finance, what is the monetary value of (a) resource and (b) capital funding for the 2026-2036 Affordable Homes Programme in each year of the 10 year programme.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Affordable Housing 18 Jul 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that the affordable housing programme will deliver the largest increase in affordable homes in a generation.

More of Kevin Hollinrake’s recent appearances

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