Matthew Pennycook

Matthew Pennycook
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Assumed office
6 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Andy Burnham
Preceded byFelicity Buchan (Housing)
Lee Rowley (Planning)
2021–2024Housing and Planning
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
BornMatthew Thomas Pennycook
(1982-10-29) 29 October 1982
Hammersmith, London, England
PartyLabour
SpouseJoanna Otterburn
Children2
EducationLondon School of Economics (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford (MPhil)
Websitematthewpennycook.com

Matthew Thomas Pennycook (born 29 October 1982) is a British politician who has served as Minister of State for Housing and Planning since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich and Woolwich since 2015.