Penny Mordaunt
Conservative Former MP · left 30 May 2024
Represented Portsmouth North · in Parliament since 6 May 2010
Parliamentary participation snapshot
Biography
Parliamentary service
| Constituency | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth North | 6 May 2010 | 30 May 2024 | Elected 4 times |
Party affiliations
| Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 30 May 2024 |
Election history
| Election | Constituency | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth North | |||
| Portsmouth North |
Previous ministerial & opposition roles
| Role | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons | Government | 6 September 2022 | 5 July 2024 |
| Minister of State (Department for International Trade) | Government | 16 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 |
| Paymaster General | Government | 13 February 2020 | 16 September 2021 |
| Secretary of State for Defence | Government | 1 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 |
| Minister for Women and Equalities | Government | 30 April 2018 | 24 July 2019 |
| Secretary of State for International Development | Government | 9 November 2017 | 1 May 2019 |
| Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) | Government | 15 July 2016 | 9 November 2017 |
| Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces) | Government | 8 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) | Government | 15 July 2014 | 8 May 2015 |
Voting participation
41st of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 71.4% · Conservative average 73.8%
Participation by year
| Year | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 127 | 108 | 85.0% |
| 2023 | 256 | 229 | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 251 | 224 | 89.2% |
| 2021 | 242 | 202 | 83.5% |
| 2020 | 190 | 173 | 91.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
By Parliament
| Parliament | Eligible divisions | Voted | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58th | 1,068 | 938 | 87.8% |
Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).
Parliamentary activity
joint 629th of 650 current MPs (23 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Conservative average 669
Annual breakdown
| Year | Debate contributions | Debates participated | Written questions | Oral questions | EDMs | Bills sponsored | Petitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 683 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1,206 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 646 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 130 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 247 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Committee memberships
Not currently a member of any committee.
joint 1st of 515 current MPs (489 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Conservative average 99.9%
Committee membership history
- House of Commons Commission 2022–2024
- Members Estimate Committee 2022–2024
- Public Accounts Commission 2022–2024 · attendance 100.0%
- Restoration and Renewal Client Board 2022–2024 · attendance 100.0%
- Restoration and Renewal Programme Board 2023–2024 · attendance 100.0%
- Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 2022–2024 · attendance 100.0%
Hansard activity
5th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Conservative average 899
Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.
Parliamentary timeline
Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.
2010
- – Became MP for Portsmouth North
- – Joined Conservative
2014
- – Appointed: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
2015
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
- – Left role: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government)
2016
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
- – Left role: Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
2017
- – Appointed: Secretary of State for International Development
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
2018
- – Appointed: Minister for Women and Equalities
2019
- – Appointed: Secretary of State for Defence
- – Left role: Secretary of State for International Development
- – Left role: Minister for Women and Equalities
- – Left role: Secretary of State for Defence
2020
- – Appointed: Paymaster General
2021
- – Appointed: Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
- – Left role: Paymaster General
2022
- – Appointed: Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
- – Joined House of Commons Commission
- – Joined Members Estimate Committee
- – Left role: Minister of State (Department for International Trade)
- – Joined Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
- – Joined Public Accounts Commission
- – Joined Restoration and Renewal Client Board
2023
- – Joined Restoration and Renewal Programme Board
2024
- – Left the House of Commons (Dissolution)
- – Left role: Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.