Kevin Hollinrake
| Kevin Hollinrake MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton | |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Anne McIntosh |
| Majority | 19,456 (37.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 September 1963 Easingwold, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Website | Official website |
Kevin Paul Hollinrake[1] is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thirsk and Malton since May 2015.[2]
Hollinrake was born and brought up in North Yorkshire. He attended Easingwold School and studied physics at Sheffield Polytechnic.[3] Hollinrake is married and has four children.[4]
Business
After leaving university, Kevin Hollinrake started working for Prudential. Then he co-founded Hunters estate agency in York in 1992. The agency had grown to over 150 branches across the country by 2015, with Hollinrake holding a 15% stake in the company.[5] Hunters Property was admitted to trading on AIM in July 2015 with a market capitalisation of £16.9m.[6] [7] In February 2015, the company issued an IPO (initial public offering) for new investors to raise £2.5 m for capital investment.[8]
In 2008 he founded Vizzihome and the search engine Shoptility.com, based in London, where he was the Chairman from November 2013.
MP since general election, 2015
On arrival in the House of Commons, Hollinrake had already turned down the option to fight four other constituencies before settling on the Conservative safe seat of Thirsk and Malton in the county of North Yorkshire.[9] He has also supported welfare cuts in full (except on an occasion abstaining for absence); on at 5 pm on 5 July he asked whether Tax Credits (in the process of repeal of 1999 Act) were: “a predictably negative impact on work incentives”?[10] He has continually given voice in favour of an EU referendum.[11]
Hollinrake is a strong supporter of David Cameron's 'Northern Powerhouse' idea, which aims to link the north of England more closely to markets in the south; making it easier to travel, exchange and do business.[12]
In May Hollinrake made it clear that he would be writing to Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Energy, to declare support for "safe and discreet" fracking. In compensation local communities in site areas would receive £100,000 and 1% of all revenues as an incentive to approve of the investment. In his maiden speech[13] on 4 June, he made much about the "vibrancy" of the economy without sacrificing rights for the poor.
Likeness
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9124. 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "Thirsk & Malton Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 (BBC News). 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "About Kevin Hollinrake". Kevin Hollinrake. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-hollinrake-mp/13/b96/62
- ↑ Snowdon, Ros (18 June 2015). "MP's estate agency chain set for £17m Aim debut". Yorkshire Post.
- ↑ "Admission to trading on AIM". London Stock Exchange. 2 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.hunters.com/ninetytwo Retrieved 20 September 2015
- ↑ http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/hunters-announces-plans-launch-stock-market/ Retrieved 20 September 2015
- ↑ the constituencies he rejected were: Dewsbury (2010),deselection of Anne McIntosh Jan 2014
- ↑ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150707/debtext/150707-0003.htm#15070743002008 Retrieved 20 September 2015
- ↑ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25415/kevin_hollinrake/thirsk_and_malton Retrieved 20 September 2015
- ↑ http://www.kevinhollinrake.org.uk/news/mp-reports-harmony-yorkshire Retrieved 20 September 2015
- ↑ Explanatory note: all new MPs must make their first introductory speech on the floor of House of Commons, known as a "Maiden speech" (non-specific to gender)
External links
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Anne McIntosh |
Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton 2015–present |
Incumbent |