Kevin Hollinrake

Kevin Hollinrake
MP
Member of Parliament
for Thirsk and Malton
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Anne McIntosh
Majority 19,456 (37.2%)
Personal details
Born (1963-09-28) 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 continually given voice in favour of an EU referendum.[10]

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.[11]

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.

Hollinrake was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[12]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 61230. p. 9124. 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Thirsk & Malton Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "About Kevin Hollinrake". Kevin Hollinrake. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-hollinrake-mp/13/b96/62
  5. ↑ Snowdon, Ros (18 June 2015). "MP's estate agency chain set for £17m Aim debut". Yorkshire Post.
  6. ↑ "Admission to trading on AIM". London Stock Exchange. 2 July 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.hunters.com/ninetytwo Retrieved 20 September 2015
  8. ↑ http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/hunters-announces-plans-launch-stock-market/ Retrieved 20 September 2015
  9. ↑ the constituencies he rejected were: Dewsbury (2010),deselection of Anne McIntosh Jan 2014
  10. ↑ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25415/kevin_hollinrake/thirsk_and_malton Retrieved 20 September 2015
  11. ↑ http://www.kevinhollinrake.org.uk/news/mp-reports-harmony-yorkshire Retrieved 20 September 2015
  12. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Anne McIntosh		 Member of Parliament
for Thirsk and Malton
2015–present 		Incumbent
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