Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP
Labour
Leicester West
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The Rt Hon Liz Kendall is the Labour MP for Leicester West, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Leicester West
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Leicester West
Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-05 → present
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
2024-07-05 → 2025-09-05
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Opposition posts
2023-09-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2020-04-10 → 2023-09-04
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
2011-10-07 → 2015-09-14
Shadow Minister (Health) (Care and Older People)
2010-10-08 → 2011-10-07
Shadow Minister (Health)
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2010-11-02
Education Committee
2015-10-26 → 2016-10-31
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
2018-03-27 → 2019-11-06
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
2020-03-02 → 2020-05-11
Treasury Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
liz.kendall.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 3000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 3000 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Government department
correspondence@dsit.gov.uk
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, 22-26 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, 22-26 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG
Website
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