Matthew Pennycook MP
Labour
Greenwich and Woolwich
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Matthew Pennycook is the Labour MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government).
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
Greenwich and Woolwich
current
2015-05-07 → 2024-05-30
Greenwich and Woolwich
Party history
2015-05-07 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-09 → present
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2024-07-06 → 2024-07-09
Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Opposition posts
2021-12-04 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2020-04-10 → 2021-12-04
Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
2016-10-09 → 2019-09-25
Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union)
Committee memberships
2015-07-08 → 2016-10-17
Energy and Climate Change Committee
2020-03-02 → 2020-05-11
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
2021-11-09 → 2021-11-25
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
2022-06-15 → 2022-10-20
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
2022-11-23 → 2022-11-29
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]
2023-11-08 → 2023-11-28
Renters (Reform) Bill
2024-01-10 → 2024-01-30
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2024-10-16 → 2024-11-05
Renters’ Rights Bill
2025-04-24 → 2025-05-22
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
matthew.pennycook.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 6280 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 6280 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Government department
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
Website
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