Matthew Pennycook

Matthew Pennycook
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Assumed office
6 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byFelicity Buchan (Housing)
Lee Rowley (Planning)
2021–2024Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
2020–2021Climate Change
2016–2019Exiting the EU
Member of Parliament
for Greenwich and Woolwich
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byNick Raynsford
Majority18,366 (43.0%)
Personal details
Born
Matthew Thomas Pennycook

(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982 (age 42)
Hammersmith, London, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materLondon School of Economics (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil)
Websitematthewpennycook.com

Matthew Thomas Pennycook (born 29 October 1982) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015.[1] He has served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning since July 2024.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Greenwich & Woolwich parliamentary constituency – Election 2015". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Housing and Planning) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2024.