Rt Hon Chris Skidmore
Conservative
Kingswood
M
The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Conservative MP for Kingswood, and left the Commons on 8 January 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.
Constituencies represented
2010-05-06 → 2024-01-08
Kingswood
Party history
2010-05-06 → 2024-01-08
Conservative
Government posts
2019-09-10 → 2020-02-13
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
2019-07-24 → 2019-09-10
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
2018-12-05 → 2019-07-24
Minister of State (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Education)
2016-07-17 → 2018-01-08
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2013-06-17
Health and Social Care Committee
2012-11-05 → 2014-03-18
Education Committee
2021-09-07 → 2021-11-02
Health and Care Bill
2022-07-11 → 2024-01-08
Environmental Audit 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) · 2 active officership(s) · 6 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Museums
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | National Museum Directors’ Council | 9 | 2023-01-14 |
|
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Education Technology
Subject Group
|
Chair & Registered Contact | Ranelagh Ltd | 10 | 2023-01-09 |
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)
5 bills
5 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay Mills (Prohibition) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2021-02-10 | |
| Schools (Opportunity to Study for Qualifications) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2015-03-24 | |
| Pupils at Risk of Educational Disadvantage Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-05-06 | |
| Planning Applications (Community Right of Appeal) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2012-12-11 | |
| Members of Parliament (Change of Political Party Affiliation) Bill | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2011-11-23 |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.