Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton
Kevin Hollinrake has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Shadow Minister without Portfolio.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | 2022 to 2023 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister without Portfolio (HM Official Opposition) | 2025 to now | Now |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Department for Business and Trade) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 2024 | |
| Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | 2023 | |
| Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill | 2023 | |
| Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill | 2022 | |
| Carer’s Leave Bill | 2022 | |
| Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill | 2022 | |
| Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill | 2022 | |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 |
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| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Sub-Committee on Financial Services Regulations | 2022 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Subsidy Control Bill | 2021 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
Other posts
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Party Chair, Conservative Party | 2025 to now | Now |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Kevin Hollinrake has 11 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Lloyds Banking Group - £919.50 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Business Leader Limited - £474.00 | 5 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Flamingo Land Ltd - £1,000.00 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Carlton Club - £840.00 | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of C&UCO Properties Limited | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of C&UCO Management Limited | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Miscellaneous | Unpaid Director of C&UCO Services Limited | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Habitats Online Ltd | 10 Jan 2022 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Property Franchise Group plc | 26 Apr 2021 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in York | 5 Jun 2015 |
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| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in York | 5 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Kevin Hollinrake asked 727 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
62 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Kevin Hollinrake represents Thirsk and Malton. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Kevin Hollinrake won with 39% of the votes, and Lisa Banes (Labour) came second with 24%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hollinrake | Conservative | 19,544 | 39.2% |
| Lisa Banes | Labour | 11,994 | 24.1% |
| Mark Robinson | Reform UK | 8,963 | 18.0% |
| Steve Mason | Liberal Democrat | 5,379 | 10.8% |
| Richard McLane | Green Party | 2,986 | 6.0% |
| Luke Brownlee | The Yorkshire Party | 931 | 1.9% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Kevin Hollinrake took part in 136 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Kevin Hollinrake voted the same way as their party in 136 of the 136 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
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| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this