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'''Matthew Thomas Pennycook''' (born 29 October 1982) is a British politician who has served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Greenwich and Woolwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenwich and Woolwich]] since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000718 |title=Greenwich & Woolwich parliamentary constituency – Election 2015|website = BBC News |access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref> A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], he has been Shadow [[Minister for Housing and Planning]] since 2021.
== Early life ==
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He was one of 161 Labour MPs who backed [[Owen Smith]] in his unsuccessful [[2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|Labour Party leadership campaign]] to replace [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in September 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/which-mps-and-meps-have-nominated-owen-smith/|title=Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith {{!}} LabourList|date=2016-07-21|work=LabourList {{!}} Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network|access-date=2017-10-12|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Pennycook campaigned in favour of a "Remain" vote for the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum on EU membership]]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946 |title = EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPS stand|work = BBC News|date = 22 June 2016}}</ref> and his Greenwich and Woolwich constituency voted 64% to remain.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38762034|title=Local voting figures shed new light on EU referendum|last=Rosenbaum|first=Martin|date=6 February 2017|newspaper=BBC News}}</ref> After the referendum results were announced, Pennycook was appointed one of the Shadow Ministers for [[Brexit]] in October 2016,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://press.labour.org.uk/post/151568550904/labours-shadow-frontbench-appointments|title=Labour's Shadow Frontbench appointments|website=Labour Press|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref> and, in accordance with the Labour Party whip, voted for the Bill to [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50|trigger Article 50]].
At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Pennycook was re-elected with an increased vote share of 64.4% and an increased majority of 20,714.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greenwich & Woolwich parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000718 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="CBP-7979">{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |edition=Second}}</ref>
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