Matthew Pennycook
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Matthew Pennycook MP |
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| Member of Parliament for Greenwich and Woolwich |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Raynsford |
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Matthew Thomas Pennycook 29 October 1982 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
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London School of Economics Balliol College, Oxford |
| Website | matthewpennycook |
Matthew Thomas Pennycook (born 29 October 1982), is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenwich & Woolwich since May 2015.
Pennycook was raised in a single parent family in South London. He attended Beverley Boys Secondary School comprehensive in New Malden, before securing a place at the London School of Economics and Political Science to study History and International Relations. He secured a First Class Honours (July 2005) and was awarded the CS MacTaggart Scholarship Prize for best overall degree performance in any subject. He subsequently won a scholarship to attend Balliol College, University of Oxford to read for an MPhil in International Relations. He joined the Labour Party at the age of 19.
While still studying, he volunteered with the Child Poverty Action Group working with the then Chief Executive, Kate Green. Before becoming an MP, Pennycook worked for a number of charitable and voluntary organisations including at the Fair Pay Network and the Resolution Foundation where he led on issues relating to welfare reform, low pay and working poverty.
Pennycook was a Labour Councillor for Greenwich West from 2010–2015, resigning in March 2015 just before the General Election. He also served as a trustee of Greenwich Housing Rights and was a school governor at James Wolfe Primary School in West Greenwich.
He has written multiple articles for The Guardian about the need for a living wage in Britain and has served on the Living Wage Foundation's advisory board.
In November 2013, he was selected as the Labour Party's candidate for Greenwich and Woolwich, replacing Nick Raynsford who was retiring.
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