Rt Hon Matthew Pennycook, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich
Matthew Pennycook has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Department for Business and Trade) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union) (Department for Exiting the European Union ) | 2016 to 2019 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 2025 | |
| Renters’ Rights Bill | 2024 | |
| Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | 2024 | |
| Renters (Reform) Bill | 2023 | |
| Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill | 2022 | |
| Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill | 2021 | |
| Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union | 2020 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy and Climate Change Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
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.
No interests are currently registered for Matthew Pennycook.
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.
Matthew Pennycook has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
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.
14 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
Matthew Pennycook represents Greenwich and Woolwich. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Matthew Pennycook won with 56% of the votes, and Stacy Smith (Green Party) came second with 13%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Pennycook | Labour | 23,999 | 56.2% |
| Stacy Smith | Green Party | 5,633 | 13.2% |
| Jonathan Goff | Conservative | 4,863 | 11.4% |
| Chris Annous | Liberal Democrat | 3,865 | 9.0% |
| Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye | Reform UK | 3,305 | 7.7% |
| Sheikh Raquib | Workers Party of Britain | 570 | 1.3% |
| Niko Omilana | Independent | 311 | 0.7% |
| Priyank Bakshi | Climate Party | 173 | 0.4% |
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 Matthew Pennycook took part in 213 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Matthew Pennycook voted the same way as their party in 211 of the 211 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| 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% | 99% |
| 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