Rt Hon Kelly Tolhurst

Conservative Rochester and Strood F

The Rt Hon Kelly Tolhurst is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

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Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual

0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904

Declared outside earnings £0

0 registered interests published in 2026

Total (salary + chair + declared) £0

Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 130

130 meetings · 0 hospitality · 0 gifts · 0 overseas trips · 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 130

Date	Met with	Purpose	Source
2022-10-12	—	Update on Care Review	department-for-education
2022-10-11	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2022-09-21	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2022-09-21	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2022-09-21	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2022-09-14	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2022-09-13	—	Introductory meeting to discuss the organisation following the Ministerial reshuffle	department-for-education
2020-09-07	—	Meeting of the Maritime Restart and Recovery Steering Group to discuss the Maritime Recovery plan	department-for-transport
2020-09-07	—	To discuss: testing, international travel corridors and financial interventions	department-for-transport
2020-07-27	—	To discuss the ongoing work in the Department for Transport regarding aviation skills	department-for-transport
2020-07-26	—	To discuss changes to International Travel Corridors with	department-for-transport
2020-07-23	—	To discuss departmental engagement with the aviation sector	department-for-transport
2020-07-23	—	To discuss seafarer safety	department-for-transport
2020-07-21	—	To discuss: international travel corridors, testing and sector specific support from HMT	department-for-transport
2020-07-16	—	To discuss FCDO advice on cruise restart	department-for-transport
2020-07-16	—	To discuss BA's concerns regarding the impact of Covid-19	department-for-transport
2020-07-15	—	To understand the local context of Wellesbourne Airfield and Coventry Airport	department-for-transport
2020-07-14	—	To discuss key priorities for the BPA	department-for-transport
2020-07-14	—	To discuss the Unions' concerns regarding the impacts of Covid-19	department-for-transport
2020-07-13	—	To discuss international travel corridors	department-for-transport

Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30

Rochester and Strood

Party history

2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30

Conservative

Government posts

2022-09-07 → 2022-10-27

Minister of State (Education)

2022-07-01 → 2022-09-07

Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)

2020-09-08 → 2021-01-16

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

2020-02-13 → 2020-09-08

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

2018-07-19 → 2020-02-13

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

2018-01-09 → 2018-07-19

Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

Opposition posts

None recorded.

Committee memberships

2015-07-08 → 2016-10-17

Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

2015-07-15 → 2016-11-07

European Scrutiny Committee

2016-10-17 → 2017-03-13

Business and Trade Committee

2021-12-15 → 2022-01-11

Dormant Assets Bill [HL]

2022-02-09 → 2022-02-10

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]

2022-07-14 → 2022-10-11

Committee of Selection

2023-03-01 → 2023-03-07

Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL]

2023-05-10 → 2023-05-18

Finance (No. 2) Bill

2024-01-22 → 2024-05-30

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 7 historic

Group	Role(s)	Funders	Officers in group	Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Latvia Country Group	Officer	—	6	2023-04-15
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Resilience and Civil Contingencies Subject Group	Vice Chair	—	11	2024-10-21
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Textiles and Fashion Subject Group	Officer	UK Fashion and Textiles Association	10	2023-06-06
St Helena All-Party Parliamentary Group Country Group	Vice Chair	—	8	2024-06-04

One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Officer	Role	Party
Craig Tracey	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Sir John Whittingdale	Vice Chair	Conservative
Bob Seely	Officer	Conservative
Kelly Tolhurst	Officer	Conservative
Sir Robert Goodwill	Officer	Conservative
Mr Kevan Jones	Officer	Labour

Officer	Role	Party
Gary Sambrook	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Lord Udny-Lister	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Harris of Haringey	Vice Chair	Labour
Baroness O'Neill of Bexley	Vice Chair	Conservative
Chris Clarkson	Vice Chair	Conservative
Baroness Mobarik	Vice Chair	Conservative
Kelly Tolhurst	Vice Chair	Conservative
Robert Courts	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Mann	Officer	Labour
Ian Paisley	Officer	Democratic Unionist Party
Alex Sobel	Officer	Labour (Co-op)

Officer	Role	Party
Dr Lisa Cameron	Chair & Registered Contact	Conservative
Sarah Atherton	Officer	Conservative
John McNally	Officer	Scottish National Party
Carolyn Harris	Officer	Labour
Kelly Tolhurst	Officer	Conservative
Dame Meg Hillier	Officer	Labour (Co-op)
Dame Caroline Dinenage	Officer	Conservative
Mrs Sheryll Murray	Officer	Conservative
Christine Jardine	Officer	Liberal Democrat
Rosie Duffield	Officer	Independent

Officer	Role	Party
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock	Vice Chair	Labour
Baroness Hooper	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Randall of Uxbridge	Vice Chair	Conservative
Kelly Tolhurst	Vice Chair	Conservative
Jack Lopresti	Vice Chair	Conservative
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton	Vice Chair	Conservative
Sir Graham Brady	Vice Chair	Conservative
Kirsty Blackman	Secretary	Scottish National Party

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.

Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter

Bill	Info	Role	Status	Introduced
Families with Children and Young People in Debt (Respite) Bill		Sponsored	2nd reading	2016-06-29

Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.