Liz Kendall

Liz Kendall
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byMel Stride
Member of Parliament
for Leicester West
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byPatricia Hewitt
Majority8,777 (24.8%)
Shadow portfolios 2011‍–‍2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byJonathan Ashworth
Succeeded byMel Stride
Shadow Minister for Social Care[a]
In office
9 April 2020 – 4 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byPaula Sherriff
Succeeded byAndrew Gwynne
In office
7 October 2011 – 12 September 2015
Leader
Preceded byEmily Thornberry
Succeeded byBarbara Keeley
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Louise Kendall

(1971-06-11) 11 June 1971 (age 53)
Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyLabour
Children1
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
WebsiteOfficial website

Elizabeth Louise Kendall (born 11 June 1971)[1] is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since July 2024.[2] A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West since 2010.

Kendall was born in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, and studied at the University of Cambridge.[3] From 2011 to 2015, she served as Shadow Minister for Care and Older People on the Official Opposition frontbench of Ed Miliband, who invited her to attend meetings of his Shadow Cabinet, although she was not technically a Shadow Cabinet member in this position. Kendall stood in the Labour Party leadership election in September 2015 following the resignation of Ed Miliband, finishing in last place.[4][5] In April 2020, Keir Starmer appointed Kendall Shadow Minister for Social Care on the Official Opposition frontbench.


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  1. ^ "The NHS Confederation Group Company Limited". Dellam Corporate Information. 15 March 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ Staff writer. "Ed Miliband promotes fresh faces to Labour top team". BBC News. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. ^ Staff writer (10 May 2015). "Liz Kendall confirms Labour leadership bid". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ Wintour, Patrick; Mason, Rowena (10 September 2015). "Voting closes in Labour leadership election". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

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