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John Penrose

Conservative Weston-Super-Mare M
John Penrose is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Weston-Super-Mare, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Ministerial activity

Records on file 29
26 meetings · 1 hospitality · 1 gift · 1 overseas trip · 2015-04-01 → 2016-06-30

Recent meetings · latest 20 of 26

Date Met with Purpose Source
2016-04-01 — cabinet-office
2015-12-03 — National Citizens Service cabinet-office
2015-11-19 — Voter Registration cabinet-office
2015-11-17 — Democratic Participation cabinet-office
2015-11-10 — Ombudman Reform cabinet-office
2015-11-04 — End of Life Care Insurance cabinet-office
2015-10-27 — Ombudman Reform cabinet-office
2015-10-27 — Ombudman Reform cabinet-office
2015-10-26 — Constitutional Reform cabinet-office
2015-10-22 — Voter Registration and electoral administration cabinet-office
2015-10-20 — Electronic Voting cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Government Policy cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Boundaries cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Boundaries cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Voter registration cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Voter registration cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Boundaries cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Voter Registration cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — Voter Registration cabinet-office
2015-04-01 — IER cabinet-office

Recent hospitality

Date Host Type Value
2016-04-01 — —

Recent gifts

Date Gift From / To Outcome Value
2016-04-01 —

Recent overseas travel

Dates Destination Purpose Total cost
— —
Source: gov.uk ministerial transparency returns. Coverage: HM Treasury and DSIT. Published quarterly under the Ministerial Code; refreshed monthly on the 7th.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Weston-Super-Mare
2005-05-05 → 2010-05-06
Weston-Super-Mare

Party history

2005-05-05 → 2024-05-30
Conservative

Government posts

2018-11-16 → 2019-07-26
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
2015-05-08 → 2016-07-17
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
2014-02-08 → 2016-07-17
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip)
2013-10-07 → 2014-02-08
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)
2010-05-17 → 2012-09-06
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

Opposition posts

2009-01-19 → 2009-07-27
Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills)

Committee memberships

2005-07-12 → 2009-06-29
Work and Pensions Committee
2009-06-29 → 2010-05-06
Regulatory Reform
2012-12-03 → 2013-10-28
Administration Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Electoral Campaigning Transparency
Subject Group
Vice Chair Fair Vote UK 6 2023-06-26
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth
Subject Group
Co-Chair — 6 2024-07-08
British Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair — 30 2024-05-29
United Kingdom Overseas Territories All-Party Parliamentary Group
Country Group
Vice Chair — 17 2021-05-29
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

2 bills 2 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Planning (Street Plans) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2021-09-13
Rural Tranquility Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2007-03-07
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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